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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 606 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SELF (O.Eng. seolf, silf, &c., cf. Dutch zelf, Ger. selbe, selbst)  , as a pronoun, an See also:

element attached to a See also:personal pronoun or See also:pro-nominal See also:adjective to give emphasis, or to indicate a reflexive use; as an adjective a word properly meaning same, identical, also very (seen in the expression " self-same "), hence single, See also:plain, not mixed with another See also:colour . It is also a florist's See also:term for a See also:flower which has uniformity of tint, without markings or other tints . As a noun " self " means one's own See also:person; for the psychological use of the term see See also:PSYCHOLOGY, &c., and for its ethical aspect See also:EGOISM .

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