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In his widely praised book, award-winning psychologist Jonathan Haidt examines the world's philosophical wisdom through the lens of psychological science, showing how a deeper understanding of enduring maxims-like Do unto others as you would have others do unto you, or What doesn't... read more

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Memorable Quotes

  • “Our minds are loose confederations of parts, but we identify with and pay too much attention to one part: conscious verbal thinking”
  • “unlimited freedom where selves roam around with no higher purpose than expressing and developing themselves”
  • “You might need adversity to knock yourself into alignment”

First Sentence

I FIRST RODE A HORSE in 1991, in Great Smoky National Park, North Carolina.

Authors & Contributors

  1. Jonathan Haidt (Author)
 

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