Standpoints: 10 Old Ideas In a New World

by Svend Brinkmann

2021-01-05 14:56:04

Self-help gurus, life coaches and business consultants love to tell us that we must strive for constant self-improvement to realize our full potential and become truly happy. But it doesn''t seem to work - for many of us, life still seems hollow and ... Read more

Self-help gurus, life coaches and business consultants love to tell us that we must strive for constant self-improvement to realize our full potential and become truly happy. But it doesn''t seem to work - for many of us, life still seems hollow and meaningless. So focused are we on personal development and material possessions that we''ve overlooked the things that make life truly fulfilling and worthwhile. 

So how do we figure out what''s really worth striving for? In this compelling follow-up to his bestselling book Stand Firm, Danish philosopher and psychologist Svend Brinkmann shows us that the important things in life are those with intrinsic value, like goodness, freedom, truth and love. We should stop asking ''what''s in it for me?'', and turn our attention outwards to our friends, families and communities. By putting others first and embracing these unconditional principles, or standpoints, he argues, we can find a more meaningful and sustainable way of living.

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Book Details

File size8.4 X 5.4 X 0.6 in
Print pages160
PublisherWiley
Publication date April 9, 2018
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9781509523733
Svend Brinkmann was living the relatively sedate life of a professor of psychology at Aalborg University when Stand Firm was published. The book was an overnight sensation in Denmark and catapulted hi...

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