Plutarch's "arch-flatterer" (4)

I believe the answer is:

self

(Other definitions for self that I've seen before include "Will the author" , "Will perhaps" , "one's identity" , "Will the writer?" , "Personality" .)

I've seen this clue in the Newsday.

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