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'''Ressentiment''' is a reassignment of the pain that accompanies a sense of one's own inferiority/failure on to an external [[scapegoat]]. The [[ego]] creates the illusion of an enemy, a cause that can be "blamed" for one's own inferiority/failure. Thus, one was thwarted not by a failure in oneself, but rather by an external "evil." | '''Ressentiment''' is a reassignment of the pain that accompanies a sense of one's own inferiority/failure on to an external [[scapegoat]]. The [[ego]] creates the illusion of an enemy, a cause that can be "blamed" for one's own inferiority/failure. Thus, one was thwarted not by a failure in oneself, but rather by an external "evil." | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:58, July 6, 2023
Ressentiment is a reassignment of the pain that accompanies a sense of one's own inferiority/failure on to an external scapegoat. The ego creates the illusion of an enemy, a cause that can be "blamed" for one's own inferiority/failure. Thus, one was thwarted not by a failure in oneself, but rather by an external "evil."