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The Road to Character by Brooks, David, 1961- author is a philosophy book available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Road to Character about?
xv, 300 pages ; 25 cm David Brooks explains why humility leads to greater success. David Brooks argues that our hunger for wealth and status is eroding our ability to create meaningful inner lives. To show us how to live better, he looks at people whose sense of humility was fundamental to their success. What they all understood was a simple but counterintuitive truth: in order to fulfil yourself, you must learn how to forget yourself Includes bibliographical references and index The shift -- The summoned self -- Self-conquest -- Struggle -- Self-mastery -- Dignity -- Love -- Ordered love -- Self-examination -- The Big Me
Who reads The Road to Character?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Brooks, David, 1961- author
- Publisher
- United Kingdom: Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books
- Published
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780241186725
- Category
- philosophy
- Subjects
- Psychology, Memoir, Fiction
- Rating
- 3.66 / 5 (11,101 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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