Understanding Human Nature Author:Alfred Adler This book has become a classic, and easily the most widely read of Adler's works. It has a special significance. For in no period in human history has it been more imperitive for man to understand himself and his place in society. — Adler is best known for his concept of the inferiority complex and his insistence of the ego as the great driving... more » force of mankind. He was noted for the number and variety of his friendships. Adler was a short, stocky man with fine eyes and a beautiful tenor voice, a fiery temper under excellent control, and a sympathetic manner with his patients. He had a lusty appetite for life, loved music, drama, the cinema, cafes, country walks and swimming.« less