{"id":6524,"date":"2024-06-18T18:59:57","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T16:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tibicon.net\/en\/?p=6524"},"modified":"2024-06-19T00:33:06","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T22:33:06","slug":"downsize-vanity-narcissism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tibicon.net\/en\/2024\/06\/downsize-vanity-narcissism\/","title":{"rendered":"How to downsize the vanity, in a person?"},"content":{"rendered":"

We live in a time when vanity is a major driver of human actions.<\/p>\n

How can we define it?<\/p>\n

Several sources converge in defining vanity as<\/p>\n

self-complacency,
\noverconfidence in one’s abilities, and in attracting others.<\/h3>\n

With a close connection to narcissism<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The term vanity comes from the Latin vanus<\/em>, which stands for vain, empty, useless, futile, without material consistency<\/em>: more appearance than essence.<\/p>\n

In short, to scale down or even destroy the concept of vanity in the eyes of a person it may be enough to go to the substance of its meaning and define it for what it is:<\/p>\n

nothing!<\/h3>\n

Don’t you think so?<\/p>\n

PS: The painting is Narcissus by Caravaggio<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We live in a time when vanity is a major driver of human actions. How can we define it? Several sources converge in defining vanity as self-complacency, overconfidence in one’s abilities, and in attracting others. With a close connection to narcissism. 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