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Teaching for Wisdom

Cross-cultural Perspectives on Fostering Wisdom

Michel Ferrari editor Georges Potworowski editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Springer-Verlag New York Inc.

Published:24th Oct '08

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This book examines if it is possible to teach wisdom. It considers how people at different times and places have engaged the age-old question of how (or whether) we can learn to live a good life, and what that life is like. Offering a range of perspectives, coverage considers Greek and Confucian philosophy; Christian, Islamic and Buddhist religion; African tradition, as well as contemporary scientific approaches to the study of wisdom.

ISBN: 9781402065316

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 1160g

234 pages

2008 ed.