Lòng tự trọng mà Vierkandt trong tâm trí, tuy nhiên, một loại đặc biệt. Đó là, như nó là một sản phẩm của sự lệ thuộc. "Ở khắp mọi nơi, gia nhập sẽ có nghĩa là cấp trên đồng thời là một trong những nâng cao chính mình để cấp độ của mình: | The Task and Scope of the Science of Human Action 57 The self-esteem that Vierkandt has in mind is however of a peculiar kind. It is as it were a by-product of subordination. Everywhere acceding to the will of the superior means at the same time that one elevates oneself to his level subordination means simultaneously an inner sharing of the greatness of the superior. He cites as an example the relationship of the servant to his master under patriarchal conditions. 57 In another place Vierkandt again speaks of the servant who shows off the castle of his master with enhanced self-esteem because he feels inwardly at one with his lord his family and their splendor. 58 The self-esteem that Vierkandt has in view reveals itself therefore as nothing more than the pride of a flunky. Then of course there is no wonder that it does not stand in the way of the instinct of subordination. This subordination is tantamount to unconditional obedience. The subordinate makes himself blindly dependent within. He submits completely to his superior s judgment especially his value judgments he receives his worth from his superior in that he regulates his conduct according to his superior s standards and by so doing satisfies his self-esteem. The subordinate is as it were absorbed by the superior he loses his personality but finds in community with the superior a new one again which he experiences as his own personality Vierkandt is able to point with particular satisfaction to the fact that all these instincts are to be found in animals. In the dog the truly human inner devotion to its master shows itself in an elementary but very powerful form . enliven-ment in the master s presence and the polarization brought about by him in general. Vierkandt considers as very noteworthy 57Vierkandt Gesellschaftslehre p. 48. 58Ibid. pp. 31 f. 59Ibid. p. 47. 58 Epistemological Problems of Economics also the satisfaction of self-esteem shown by a dog and probably by other animals too .
