TY - BOOK AU - Moeller,Hans-Georg AU - Whitehead,Andrew K. TI - Wisdom and philosophy: contemporary and comparative approaches SN - 1474248691 AV - B21 .W57 2016 U1 - 109 23 PY - 2016/// CY - New York PB - Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc KW - Philosophy, Comparative KW - Wisdom N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1; Introduction; Andrew Whitehead --; Part I; Chinese Wisdom : --; 1; The Wisdom of Charioteering (Yu?): Old Practice, New Perspectives; Robin R. Wang --; 2; Lessons from Stupidity: Wisdom and the "Man from Song"; Jim Behuniak --; 3; Speaking the Unspeakable: Wisdom in the Chinese Tradition; Karl-Heinz Pohl --; Part II; Wisdom Compared : --; 4; The Philosopher or the Sage? Apophaticism in Europe and China; William Franke --; 5; Wisdom as Knowledge and Wisdom as Action: Plato, Heidegger, Cicero, and Confucius; Allen Miller --; 6; Anonymous Sages: Some Sino-Greco Comparisons; Geir SigurĂ°sson --; 7; Seeking Wisdom with Aristotle and Zhu Xi; May Sim --; 8; Wisdom as Realisation: Heidegger and Zhuangzi on Belonging in the World; Steven Burik--; Part III; Contemporary Wisdom : --; 9; Philosophy as a Spiritual Practice: An Old Idea Whose Time has Come; Sean McGrath --; 10; Wise Questions; Wes DeMarco --; 11; Future-Oriented Philosophy and Wisdom East and West; Martin Schonfeld --; 12; Conceptual Metaphors and the Goals of Philosophy; Victoria S. Harrison --; Index N2 - "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 ER -