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private self
private self In this historical usage, the private self is the individual, personal self as one thinks of oneself in one’s own separate experience.
In this historical usage, the private self is the individual, personal self as one thinks of oneself in one’s own separate experience. It is contrasted with a higher or more general ethical self, so the private self is only one part of the full idea of personality.