The power of personality

摘要

The world offers many rewards to individuals who understand themselves and other people - or so we have been told. Since ancient times philosophers from around the world have spoken of the value of understanding the people we encounter. Many of humanity's earliest written documents - dating back to 2500BCE - urge us to read people carefully. But the authority of ancient (and more recent) philosophers can take us only so far. Further developments awaited the founding of psychological science and empirical research into accurate person perception and self-knowledge.