Force of Character and Lasting Life - Hardcover

Hill, James

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0375501207 ISBN 13: 9780375501203

Verlag: Random House USA Inc, 1999

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Book by Hillman James

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The bestselling author of The Soul's Code presents an incisive study of the aging process that argues that even the debilitating changes associated with aging become meaningful as they serve to promote the fulfillment and confirmation of one's unique character. 200,000 first printing. Tour.

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elling The Soul's Code, James Hillman    restored passion and meaning to the concept of identity, arguing that each of us is born with an innate character, the "daimon" or "spirit" that calls us  to what we are meant to be. Now, in The Force of Character, Hillman brings the idea of character full circle, offering a revolutionary new vision of life's most feared and misunderstood chapter: old age.
    
"Aging is no accident," Hillman writes. "It is necessary to the human condition, intended by the soul." We become more characteristic of who we are simply by lasting into later years; the older we become, the more our true natures emerge. Thus the final years have a very important purpose: the fulfillment and confirmation of one's character.
      
Contrary to the current genetic determinism that sees increased longevity as a wasted abe

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• Verlag: Random House USA Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0375501207
• ISBN 13: 9780375501203
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 236