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Teaching for Wisdom
. Ed(S): Ferrari, Michel; Potworowski, Georges
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Hardback. Examines if it is possible to teach wisdom. This title 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. Editor(s): Ferrari, Michel; Potworowski, Georges. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPK; HRAB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 526.
The chapters in this volume are all devoted to a single question: Can wisdom be taught, or at least fostered? They span many different traditions and times, which generates both problems and opportunities. The most obvious problem is that of translation. As Curnow points out in the opening chapter, the word ‘wisdom’ is used to translate a variety of terms from antiquity that have only a partial overlap with modern work. It is interesting to consider that the Egyptian word ‘seboyet’ translates as either wisdom or instruction. The same is true of terms from Buddhism or Confucianism, or even the ... Read more
The chapters in this volume are all devoted to a single question: Can wisdom be taught, or at least fostered? They span many different traditions and times, which generates both problems and opportunities. The most obvious problem is that of translation. As Curnow points out in the opening chapter, the word ‘wisdom’ is used to translate a variety of terms from antiquity that have only a partial overlap with modern work. It is interesting to consider that the Egyptian word ‘seboyet’ translates as either wisdom or instruction. The same is true of terms from Buddhism or Confucianism, or even the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
Number of Pages
234
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781402065316
SKU
V9781402065316
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99-15
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