Pilgrim’s Progress

Why it’s on the list: Charlie Munger names the protagonist of John Bunyan’s allegory among the characters whose “bequest practices” he wants to imitate before he dies — a touchstone Munger reaches for when summing up a life’s accumulated wisdom.

Where I saw it: Cited in Charlie Munger — The Psychology of Human Misjudgment, where Munger says he wants to imitate the bequest practices of three characters, the first being the protagonist in John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress.

Connections

• Charlie Munger — The Psychology of Human Misjudgment — where the book surfaces as a model Munger draws on.
• John Bunyan — the author.