The Courage to Be Disliked quotes
by Ichiro Kishimi & Fumitake Koga
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“The young man's claim: people are not free, because their lives are shaped by trauma, by upbringing, by circumstance.”
“People he knows are crippled by genuine trauma — abuse, loss, illness — and to say they "choose" their suffering is cruel.”
“The second night opens with one of Adler's most provocative claims: every problem a person has is a relationship problem.”
“The third night introduces the concept the book is most famous for: separation of tasks.”
“Adler's psychology, the philosopher reminds the young man, is not an individualism.”
“The fifth and final night condenses the book's argument into a single practical question: how do you live now?”
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