160 Pages
by Routledge

160 Pages
by Routledge

160 Pages
by Routledge

Warm, sensitive, creative, outgoing, cheeky, creepy. Scan any personal ads page and it's clear that to get a life you need a personality first. It is also a notion with a long and often bizarre history: in early Greece and medieval Europe, it was thought to depend on the balance of bile in the body. On Personality is a thoughtful and stimulating look under the skin of this widely-used but... Read more
Preface, The Pervasiveness of Personality, Good and Bad People: A Question of Character, The Fragility of Character, Character, Responsibility and Circumspection, Personality, Narrative and Living a Life, Notes, Index

Biography

Goldie, Peter

'It is exciting to see a philosopher, rather than a psychologist, wrestle with the concept of personality' - Paul Crichton, Times Literary Supplement

'Goldie writes in warmly accessible fashion.' - Steven Poole, The Guardian