Psychology Today
Christopher Peterson, Professor of Psychology, University of Michigan
Benjamin Franklin, The Cultivation of Character Strengths & Virtues
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) is of course widely acclaimed as a statesman and scientist, but he may also deserve credit as America's first positive psychologist. Not only did he enumerate thirteen praise-worthy character strengths (virtues), but he also took on the challenge of cultivating each of them, using himself as a research subject (Franklin, 1962).
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