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self-deception
self-deception In this historical source, self-deception means misleading oneself in judgment, especially by taking limited human standards as if they were enough to measure moral or religious perfection.
In this historical source, self-deception means misleading oneself in judgment, especially by taking limited human standards as if they were enough to measure moral or religious perfection. The passage presents it as a common danger when people assess themselves by relative rather than absolute standards.