Michele de Montaigne on Self-Esteem

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The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.

Nathaniel Branden,one of the pioneering figures in the field of self-esteem, defines self-esteem in The Six Pillars of Self-Esteemas,

The experience of being competent to cope with the basic challenges of life and being worthy of happiness.

Montaigne wanted in his bookThe Complete Essaysto draw the whole portrait of what humans are. In the video below, Alain de Botton,aSwiss writer and philosopher, presents...