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100 1  Brooks, David,|d1961-|eauthor. 
245 14 The second mountain :|bthe quest for a moral life /|cDavid
       Brooks. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bRandom House,|c[2019] 
300    xxxiii, 346 pages ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-327) and 
       index. 
520    Every so often, you meet people who radiate joy—who seem 
       to know exactly why they were put on this earth, who glow 
       with a kind of inner light. Life, for these people, has 
       often followed a two-mountain shape. They get out of 
       school, they start a career, and they begin climbing the 
       mountain they thought they were meant to climb. Their 
       goals on this first mountain are the ones our culture 
       endorses: to be a success, to make your mark, to 
       experience personal happiness.  But when they get to the 
       top of that mountain, something happens. They look around 
       and find the view . . . unsatisfying. They realize: This 
       wasn’t my mountain after all. There’s another, bigger 
       mountain out there that is actually my mountain.  And so 
       they embark on a new journey. On the second mountain, life
       moves from self-centered to other-centered. They want the 
       things that are truly worth wanting, not the things other 
       people tell them to want. They embrace a life of 
       interdependence, not independence. They surrender to a 
       life of commitment.  In The Second Mountain, David Brooks 
       explores the four commitments that define a life of 
       meaning and purpose: to a spouse and family, to a vocation,
       to a philosophy or faith, and to a community. Our personal
       fulfillment depends on how well we choose and execute 
       these commitments. In The Second Mountain, Brooks looks at
       a range of people who have lived joyous, committed lives, 
       and who have embraced the necessity of dependence. He 
       gathers their wisdom on how to choose a partner, how to 
       pick a vocation, how to live out a philosophy, and how we 
       can begin to integrate our commitments into one overriding
       purpose.  In short, this book is meant to help us all lead
       more meaningful lives. But it’s also a provocative social 
       commentary. We live in a society, Brooks argues, that 
       celebrates freedom, that tells us to be true to ourselves,
       at the expense of surrendering to a cause, rooting 
       ourselves in a neighborhood, binding ourselves to others 
       by social solidarity and love. We have taken individualism
       to the extreme—and in the process we have torn the social 
       fabric in a thousand different ways. The path to repair is
       through making deeper commitments. In The Second Mountain,
       Brooks shows what can happen when we put commitment-making
       at the center of our lives.  
650  0 Social interaction. 
650  0 Caring. 
650  0 Conduct of life. 
650  0 Relationism.