The Right Life: Human Individuality and its role in our development, health and happiness

by RemoH.Largo (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2019

  $4.28

  There are billions of us on the planet, yet each of us is an entirely unique individual. How do we become who we are? From Remo Largo, an internationally renowned paediatrician, polymath, and child development expert, this book distils forty years of research and medical experience to redefine our view of what makes us human.

  Largo's comprehensive view of humanity encompasses evolutionary biology, philosophy, pedagogy, psychology, medicine and sociology, as it traces our development as individual humans from the beginnings of evolution to the modern world, through the development of cognitive, linguistic and social abilities in humans, to questions of learning and the environment.

  In ten parts, Largo takes us towards a full understanding of his theory of human thriving, the 'Fit Principle', a holistic approach which sees the diversity of humans with new eyes and argues that each individual should strive to live in harmony with their environment. By striving to lead 'better' lives, he shows, we each sacrifice our true individuality - the unique matrix of skills, needs and limitations that makes each of us who we are - at great cost to our personal health and happiness. Instead of endless self-improvement, our collective goal should be individual self-acceptance.