Full Idea
It is right for the good man to be self-loving, because then he will both be benefited himself by performing fine actions, and also help others.
Gist of Idea
Self-love benefits ourselves, and also helps others
Source
Aristotle (Nicomachean Ethics [c.334 BCE], 1169a12)
Book Reference
Aristotle: 'Ethics (Nicomachean)', ed/tr. ThomsonJ A K/TredennickH [Penguin 1976], p.302
A Reaction
This is the simple and correct defence of self-love. If everyone develops their own character and abilities, we all benefit. Selfishness is the excess, not the mean.