What's the difference between theeself and thyself?

Theeself


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Thyself


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  • (pron.) An emphasized form of the personal pronoun of the second person; -- used as a subject commonly with thou; as, thou thyself shalt go; that is, thou shalt go, and no other. It is sometimes used, especially in the predicate, without thou, and in the nominative as well as in the objective case.

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  • (1) This motto--which is merely a rewording of the command to "love thy neighbor as thyself"--is compatible with man's natural structure, and although it is based on altruistic egoism, it could hardly be attacked as unethical.
  • (2) Reynolds doesn't particularly appreciate questions that creep into his personal life, although when I later find out that the words simply say "Know Thyself" and that the gun is in fact an old naval cannon, I wonder if he's being slightly sensitive.
  • (3) Critical self-reflection--the desire to know thyself, warts and all--may introduce a self-deprecating attributional bias that can undermine self-perceived altruism, even following helping for which one receives only intrinsic self-rewards.
  • (4) Know Thyself or Journal of Empirical Psychology (Gnothi Sauton oder Magazin zur Erfahrungsseelenkunde), 1783-1793, was the first of its kind--concentrating on nervous and mental disturbances and marking the beginning of periodical neuropsychiatric publications.

Words possibly related to "theeself"

Words possibly related to "thyself"