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Book सारांश :: The Courage to be Disliked – A philosophy for happy life

This could be a book that shall be read repeatedly for digging deeper into the stated philosophical principles, while revisiting, revising, and reinforcing those principles in one’s life. I would say it is not a very agreeable book for the concepts it puts forth and could require multiple reads with an open mind just to let it state its point. The book chalks the path to life’s philosophy using Alfred Adler’s Adlerian Psychological principles, which denies the Etiology i.e., causation-based psychological ideas. The conversational pattern of the book makes the reading interesting despite the concepts being complex. The purpose of writing this summary is to get you interested in reading the book, as my writing might not be able to justify the deep philosophy preached here. The book starts with a young boy visiting an old philosopher with the goal to convince the philosopher that his ideology is bogus. The whole book spans over 5 nights of conversation between the young boy and the