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Title Understanding wisdom : sources, science & society / edited by Warren S. Brown.

Publication Info. Philadelphia : Templeton Foundation Press, [2000]
©2000

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 445 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Laws of life symposia series ; v. 3
Laws of life symposia series ; v. 3.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents Part I. The Sources Of Wisdom -- The Sources of Wisdom / R.E. Clements -- Profundity with Panache : The Unappreciated Proverbial Wisdom of Sub-Saharan Africa / Stan W. Nussbaum -- "A House Divided" : From Biblical Proverb to Lincoln and Beyond / Wolfgang Mieder -- Israel's Wisdom Literature and the Intrinsic Integrity of Creation / Dianne Bergant -- Wisdom on Death and Suffering / John Goldingay -- It Takes Wisdom to Use Wisdom Wisely / Robert K. Johnston -- Part II. The Science Of Wisdom -- Wisdom Traditions as Mechanisms for Organismal Integration : Evolutionary Perspectives on Homeostatic "Laws of Life" / Jeffrey Schloss -- Wisdom and Human Neurocognitive Systems : Perceiving and Practicing the Laws of Life / Warren S. Brown -- A Neurolinguistic Perspective on Proverbs and the Laws of Life / Diana R. Van Lancker -- On the Emergence of Wisdom : Expertise Development / John L. Horn and Hiromi Masnnaga -- The Science of Art : How the Brain Responds to Beauty / V.S. Ramachandran -- A Scientific Study of Wisdom (Or Its Contributing Parts) / Warren S. Brown -- Part III. The Learning Of Wisdom -- Wise Emotions / Nancy Sherman -- Setting the Stage for the Development of Wisdom : Self-understanding and Moral Identity During Adolescence / William Damon -- Lessons Learned : The Role of Religion in the Development of Wisdom in Adolescence / James L. Furrow and Linda Mans Wagener -- Maxims to Live By : The Art and Science of Teaching Wise Sayings / Arthur J. Schwartz and F. Clark Power -- Seeing Wisely : Learning to Become Wise / Lawrence M. Hinman.
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Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
System Details Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
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Subject Wisdom -- Congresses.
Wisdom.
Wisdom -- Religious aspects -- Congresses.
Wisdom -- Religious aspects.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Added Author Brown, Warren S., 1944-
Other Form: Print version: Understanding wisdom. Philadelphia : Templeton Foundation Press, ©2000 1890151300 (DLC) 00025438 (OCoLC)44573263
ISBN 9781599474106 (electronic book)
1599474107 (electronic book)
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