Shared Virtue: The Convergence of Valued Human Strengths Across Culture and History
Katherine Dahlsgaard, Christopher Peterson and Martin E. P. Seligman
The study that grounded the six core virtues by tracing them through Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Athenian philosophy, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The historical foundation of the whole classification.
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