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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
State Univ of New York Pr
Publication date
January 1, 2014
Pages
258
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781438449579
ISBN-10
1438449577
Dimensions
0.75 by 6 by 9 in.
Weight
1.10 lbs.
Original list price
$80.00
Other format details
university press
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Surveying spiritual and philosophical traditions, this volume revives the search for wisdom for modern times.
What is wisdom and how is it cultivated? These are among the most important questions we can ask, but questions that have been routinely ignored in modern times. In the twentieth century, the search for wisdom was replaced by a search for knowledge as science and technology promised answers to lifeâs ills. However, along with scientific achievements came disasters, particularly the devastation of the planet through the accelerating use of modern technology. In an era drenched in data, a desire for wisdom has been reborn. Where can we go to learn about wisdom? The answer is clear: to the worldâs great religions and their accompanying philosophies and psychologies. The Worldâs Great Wisdom makes these treasuries available. Practitioners from each of the great religionsâas well as from Western philosophy and contemporary researchâprovide summaries of their traditionsâ understandings of wisdom, the means for cultivating it, and its implications for the modern world. This book offers distillations of the worldâs accumulated wisdomâancient and modern, religious and scientific, philosophical and psychological. It is a unique resource that for the first time in history brings together our collective understanding of wisdom and the ways to develop it.
What is wisdom and how is it cultivated? These are among the most important questions we can ask, but questions that have been routinely ignored in modern times. In the twentieth century, the search for wisdom was replaced by a search for knowledge as science and technology promised answers to lifeâs ills. However, along with scientific achievements came disasters, particularly the devastation of the planet through the accelerating use of modern technology. In an era drenched in data, a desire for wisdom has been reborn. Where can we go to learn about wisdom? The answer is clear: to the worldâs great religions and their accompanying philosophies and psychologies. The Worldâs Great Wisdom makes these treasuries available. Practitioners from each of the great religionsâas well as from Western philosophy and contemporary researchâprovide summaries of their traditionsâ understandings of wisdom, the means for cultivating it, and its implications for the modern world. This book offers distillations of the worldâs accumulated wisdomâancient and modern, religious and scientific, philosophical and psychological. It is a unique resource that for the first time in history brings together our collective understanding of wisdom and the ways to develop it.
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Hardcover
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from State Univ of New York Pr (January 1, 2014)
9781438449579 | details & prices | 258 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.75 in. | 1.10 lbs | List price $80.00
About: Surveying spiritual and philosophical traditions, this volume revives the search for wisdom for modern times.
About: Surveying spiritual and philosophical traditions, this volume revives the search for wisdom for modern times.
Paperback
from State Univ of New York Pr (January 1, 2014)
9781438449586 | details & prices | 258 pages | 6.00 × 8.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.80 lbs | List price $29.95
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