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What are some authors that wrote and theorized about self-improvement?

I mean that in any sphere of life, not necessarily bodybuilding.

>> No.7521058

A recent book on that is The Road To Character

I'm about half way into it, it started off strong but then got all muddled up in old conservative/institutionalist/Protestant territory

Of course, the Greeks, try Letters From A Stoic

>> No.7521226

All of Eastern Religion.

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>> No.7521819

Pretty much all virtue ethicists and existentialists. In terms of fiction the person who most strongly comes to mind is Herman Hesse.

>> No.7521857

>>7521058
Seneca's justification of wealth (1 letter, you can find it) is all you need to know he's not top notch.

>> No.7521863

>>7521051
Aristotle
Aquinas
Plato
Augustine
Thomas Merton
St. John of the Cross

Just about every other Christian author

>> No.7521876

>>7521239
Take off the space blanket, Chuck