The Force of Character: And the Lasting Life

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Random House, 1999 - Family & Relationships - 236 pages
In a revolutionary vision of aging, the bestselling author of "The Soul's Code" brilliantly recasts life's later years as a time with an important purpose: the fulfillment and confirmation of one's character. NPR sponsorship.

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Longevity
3
The Last Time
29
Old
40
Copyright

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About the author (1999)

James Hillman was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey on April 12, 1926. He attended the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University for two years before joining the Navy's Hospital Corps in 1944. He studied English literature in Paris at the Sorbonne and graduated with a degree in mental and moral science from Trinity College in Dublin. In 1953, he moved to Zurich and enrolled at the C. G. Jung Institute. In 1959, he became the director of studies at the institute and stayed in that position for the next 10 years. He wrote over 20 books including Suicide and the Soul, Re-Visioning Psychology, and The Soul's Code. He died due to complications of bone cancer on October 27, 2011 at the age of 85.

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