David Brooks: The Quest for a Moral Life

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Society & Culture

4.6 • 32.9K Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2019

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

New York Times best-selling author, columnist and political commentator David Brooks discusses his new book, The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life. David explains there are two metaphorical mountains we must climb to live a moral life. He describes the “first mountain” life, which is self-centered, vs. the “second mountain” life, which is others-centered. David provides insight into how our culture operates from a “first mountain” perspective, by shaping us to be individualistic, but says it is the community approach to life where joy can be found. David also shares how his own suffering led him to discover a deeper spiritual and connected life.

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0:00.0	I'm Oprah Winfrey.
0:02.0	Welcome to Super Soul Conversations, the podcast.
0:06.0	I believe that one of the most valuable gifts you can give
0:09.0	yourself is time, taking time to be more fully present.
0:15.0	Your journey to become more inspired and connected
0:19.0	to the deeper world around us starts right now.
0:24.0	Here's David.
0:26.0	Hello, how are you?
0:27.0	Hello, David.
0:28.0	Thank you so much for having me back.
0:29.0	Thank you for coming back.
0:30.0	Sure.
0:31.0	Well, recently there was yet another synagogue shooting.
0:37.0	And this was in California.
0:40.0	And Rabbi Goldstein said something that was so moving.
0:44.0	He said, I had to look the murderer in the face to impart
0:49.0	something to the rest of the world.
0:51.0	And he said, did you hear this?
0:53.0	No, I didn't.
0:54.0	That the world, he said, I had to look the murderer in the face
0:58.0	to be able to impart something to the rest of the world.
1:01.0	And it's time for a change because we have lost our soul.
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