The Invited Philosopher Tamara This was the 16th dinner, a vegetarian dinner. We met in person in Miami Beach at Tamara’s house. Menu Appetizer: Kale and cabbage salad with pumpkin seed crunch and creamy dill dressing. Main course: Gnocchi with a gorgonzola sauce. Wine: French rose wine “Gérard Bertrand - Coté des roses - 2021”. The Philosophy The Japanese book “The Courage to Be Disliked” published in 2018 and best enjoyed as an audiobook due to the dialogue-format of the book,  has given psychologist Alfred Adler’s theories new wings. I

would argue that the book’s title should be “The Courage to be Free”. Adler was a contemporary of Freud and Freud initially saw him as a disciple but they later parted ways when Adler disagreed with Freud’s theories. Adler stated that people are not driven by past causes, but driven by goals that they themselves set. Adler believed human behavior is purposeful and goal-oriented, whereas Freud believed it was motivated by unconscious forces linked to the past and by sexual and aggressive urges. Adler did not negate the influence of…