Wisdom and philosophy : contemporary and comparative approaches /

Wisdom and philosophy : contemporary and comparative approaches / edited by Hans-Georg Moeller and Andrew Whitehead. - xii, 225 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Chinese Wisdom : -- The Wisdom of Charioteering (Yu?): Old Practice, New Perspectives / Lessons from Stupidity: Wisdom and the "Man from Song" / Speaking the Unspeakable: Wisdom in the Chinese Tradition / Wisdom Compared : -- The Philosopher or the Sage? Apophaticism in Europe and China / Wisdom as Knowledge and Wisdom as Action: Plato, Heidegger, Cicero, and Confucius / Anonymous Sages: Some Sino-Greco Comparisons / Seeking Wisdom with Aristotle and Zhu Xi / Wisdom as Realisation: Heidegger and Zhuangzi on Belonging in the World / Contemporary Wisdom : -- Philosophy as a Spiritual Practice: An Old Idea Whose Time has Come / Wise Questions / Future-Oriented Philosophy and Wisdom East and West / Conceptual Metaphors and the Goals of Philosophy / Index. Andrew Whitehead -- Robin R. Wang -- Jim Behuniak -- Karl-Heinz Pohl -- William Franke -- Allen Miller -- Geir SigurĂ°sson -- May Sim -- Steven Burik-- Sean McGrath -- Wes DeMarco -- Martin Schonfeld -- Victoria S. Harrison -- 1. Part I. 1. 2. 3. Part II. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Part III. 9. 10. 11. 12.

"Wisdom and Philosophy: Contemporary and Comparative Approaches questions the nature of the relationship between wisdom and philosophy from an intercultural perspective. Bringing together an international mix of respected philosophers, this volume discusses similarities and differences of Western and Asian pursuits of wisdom and reflects on attempts to combine them."--Publisher's website.

1474248691 9781474248693

2015030969


Philosophy, Comparative.
Wisdom.

B21 / .W57 2016

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