Quest2ReasonClimb the mountain, sharpen your mind.
← All philosophers
Nelson Mandela

The Reconciler

Nelson Mandela

1918–2013 · Mvezo, South Africa · African and diaspora

Your quest companion appears in the header, offers one of their ideas on your home page each day, and cheers you on in lessons. You can change companions at any time, and your progress stays the same.

An anti-apartheid leader imprisoned for 27 years, who became South Africa’s first democratically elected president and pursued reconciliation.

Key work: Long Walk to Freedom (1994)

“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.”

Long Walk to Freedom (1994)

Key ideas, in brief (in our words)

  • Freedom is unfinished until it belongs to everyone.

  • Courage means acting well while still afraid.

  • A nation is repaired by truth, not by revenge.

Read more: Wikipedia

On the climb

Ubuntu

UbuntuRepairForgivenessApologizing Well

Quest with Nelson Mandela above to start the climb and open these lessons.