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> a narcissist who thinks he's the best is at greatest odds to another narcissist who thinks he's the best.

Only if both have very literal, wide-reaching interpretations of 'the best'.

Arrogance and narcissism are often contextual, and I've met many self-absorbed, but ultimately capable people who value a similar imbalance in others.

Who am I kidding, I'm talking about myself.

lutusp means the archetypal 'yes-man', the person who openly admires anything you do and only ever agrees with you, reinforcing your self-esteem, 'enabling' your 'narcissism'.

Ah, okay, I get it now. I completely misunderstood lutusp's sentence.

> Do you mean that there instances where he really listened or liked/respected/etc someone because they had similar narcissistic tendencies?

Narcissists and enablers aren't the same personality type, even though one can become the other over time. More here:

http://arachnoid.com/ChildrenOfNarcissus