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In Praise of Failure
Four Lessons in Humility
Book • 2023
In this book, Costica Bradatan challenges the culture obsessed with success by advocating for the importance of failure.
He uses the stories of four historical figures—Simone Weil, Mahatma Gandhi, E.M.
Cioran, and Yukio Mishima—to illustrate how engaging with our limitations can be therapeutic and transformative.
Bradatan argues that failure can cure us of arrogance and self-deception, leading to humbler, more attentive, and better-lived lives.
The book blends argument, storytelling, scholarship, and spiritual quest to make a compelling case for the value of failure in human existence.
He uses the stories of four historical figures—Simone Weil, Mahatma Gandhi, E.M.
Cioran, and Yukio Mishima—to illustrate how engaging with our limitations can be therapeutic and transformative.
Bradatan argues that failure can cure us of arrogance and self-deception, leading to humbler, more attentive, and better-lived lives.
The book blends argument, storytelling, scholarship, and spiritual quest to make a compelling case for the value of failure in human existence.
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#1064 Costica Bradatan - In Praise of Failure: Four Lessons in Humility
Mentioned as a book reviewed in the chapter on failure, exploring the necessity of failure in life.
Octavian Gabor, "Immigrant on Earth: A Philosopher on the Road to Emmaus" (Wipf and Stock, 2025)
Mentioned as a book that is reviewed in the chapter about failure, reminding that failure is part of life.
Octavian Gabor, "Immigrant on Earth: A Philosopher on the Road to Emmaus" (Wipf and Stock, 2025)
