I didn't really understand what it was trying to tell me when I first read it, the ideas just sort of ruminated. I read it when I was either 19 or 20, was completely at odds with who I was then but helped me grow as a person
The way that we think about individual agency and self-interest in modern society is at odds with what our emotional needs are. He makes this point in many of his books
The way that he describes guilt is incredibly accurate. He's very good at seeing and describing emotional conflict
I also grew up as a non-religious jew but reading him made me realize that christianity has more ideological depth than what I initially thought
I didn't really understand what it was trying to tell me when I first read it, the ideas just sort of ruminated. I read it when I was either 19 or 20, was completely at odds with who I was then but helped me grow as a person
The way that we think about individual agency and self-interest in modern society is at odds with what our emotional needs are. He makes this point in many of his books
The way that he describes guilt is incredibly accurate. He's very good at seeing and describing emotional conflict
I also grew up as a non-religious jew but reading him made me realize that christianity has more ideological depth than what I initially thought