Teaching for Wisdom
Cross-cultural Perspectives on Fostering Wisdom| By: | Michel Ferrari; Georges Potworowski |
| Publisher: | Springer Nature |
| Print ISBN: | 9781402065316 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781402065323 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Copyright: | 2008 |
| Format: | Page Fidelity |
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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.