English to Persian (Farsi) Social Sciences Psychology

The shallowest and least attractive of modern psychological concepts is probably that of self-esteem. It is not so very different from conceit, though it tends to be worse in one respect: people who claim it are inclined to demand of others that they take them at their own estimate, for fear of smashing them like eggshells. Self-esteem is now virtually a right, and if the signatories of the Declaration of Independence were signing it today they might well include self-esteem as one of Mankind’s inalienable rights. To say of a person that he esteems himself used to be regarded as something of a criticism, if not an outright insult. Among other things, it implied that he was a great deal too concerned with himself. Self-esteem is for the self-absorbed: and even to question whether or not one esteems oneself is to be halfway down the slippery slope.