Self-interest (n.) is not antisocial: even Zeus does everything for his own sake, but he cannot be Rain-giver and Father without serving the common good — and we are built the same way.
Self-interest (n.) is every creature's true father, brother, country and god; whatever stands in its way, even a god, gets cursed and has its temple burned.
Self-interest (n.) is not unsocial: Zeus himself acts for his own sake, yet cannot be “Rain-bringer” unless he serves the common good — and so he made man.
Self-interest (n.) is every creature's father, brother, country and God — whatever blocks it, even the gods, it curses; Alexander burned Asclepius' temples when his beloved died.
Self-interest (n.) pulls every creature toward wherever it can say “I” and “mine”; if I am where my moral purpose is, only then will I be the friend and son I should be.
Self-interest (n.) is not antisocial: even Zeus cannot earn the names Rain-giver and Father of gods and men without being a public benefactor.
Self-interest (n.) is what every creature loves most; whatever blocks it — brother, father, child or lover — it hates, rejects and curses.
Self-interest (n.) is what every animal clings to above all: whatever blocks it — brother, father, child, lover, even a god — it hates, accuses and curses.