As a Man Thinketh - Allen, James

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Résumé :
Here is the definitive edition of As a Man Thinketh. In addition to James' masterful text, this volume contains essays from international bestsellers Orison Swett Marden and Robert Collier on the subject. Let this book show you how the way you think affects your daily life. Millions of people have found the pathway to wealth and fulfillment with As a Man Thinketh. Long before there were the Law of Attraction and The Secret, there was James Allen's As a Man Thinketh. Wilder Publications is a green publisher. All of our books are printed to order. This reduces waste and helps us keep prices low while greatly reducing our impact on the environment.

Biographie:
James Allen was a British philosophical and inspirational writer whose work helped shape the early modern self-help and New Thought traditions. Born in Leicester, England, in 1864, Allen wrote essays and books concerned with thought, character, spiritual discipline, serenity, moral development, and the relationship between the inner life and outward circumstance. Though he lived quietly and died relatively young, his writings became influential far beyond his own lifetime, especially among readers interested in self-culture, personal responsibility, and the disciplined use of thought.Allen's best-known work, As a Man Thinketh, has become one of the most widely read classics of inspirational literature. Its central argument-that character and circumstance are deeply affected by habitual thought-helped establish many of the themes later associated with positive thinking, success literature, self-mastery, and spiritual personal development. Allen's prose is compact, serious, and morally charged, placing him closer to the tradition of practical philosophy than to modern motivational writing. His books remain important to readers of New Thought, spiritual self-help, inspirational classics, and the literature of inner transformation....

Sommaire:
As a Man Thinketh is James Allen's enduring classic on thought, character, discipline, and the shaping power of the inner life, here presented with additional writings by Orison Swett Marden and Robert Collier. Allen's brief masterpiece argues that thought is not a passing mental habit but a formative force in conduct, circumstance, achievement, and spiritual development. Its central idea-that the life of the mind gives shape to the outward life-made the book one of the foundational texts of modern inspirational literature, New Thought, and personal-development writing. This expanded Sublime Books edition places Allen's work beside writings from two major figures in the success and mind-power tradition. Orison Swett Marden, founder of Success magazine and one of the most widely read inspirational authors of his day, wrote extensively on ambition, confidence, discipline, and the moral habits of achievement. Robert Collier, later known for his influential books on desire, imagination, and the creative power of thought, helped carry New Thought and prosperity writing into the twentieth century. Together, these selections frame As a Man Thinketh within the larger tradition that preceded the Law of Attraction, prosperity consciousness, and modern success literature. For readers interested in the power of thought, self-mastery, New Thought, spiritual self-help, and the classic roots of personal transformation, this volume offers a focused gathering of three enduring voices....