Overview
- Emphasis of the book is on whether wisdom can be taught, not on what wisdom is
- Practical and personally engaging look at how people at different times and places have engaged the question of how we can learn to live a good life
- Gathers together a range of perspectives never before assembled within a single volume
- Includes scientific, philosophical, and religious perspectives on wisdom usually considered separately
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Introduction
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Teaching for Wisdom as Personal Transformation
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Learning from Wise People
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Conclusion
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Teaching for Wisdom
Book Subtitle: Cross-cultural Perspectives on Fostering Wisdom
Editors: Michel Ferrari, Georges Potworowski
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6532-3
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-6531-6Published: 24 October 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-7660-1Published: 19 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-6532-3Published: 14 October 2008
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 234
Topics: Epistemology, Sociology of Education, Philosophy of Education, International and Comparative Education, Pedagogic Psychology, Philosophy of Mind