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Download or read book Teaching for Wisdom written by Michel Ferrari and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-10-14 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines if it is possible to teach wisdom. It 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. Offering a range of perspectives, coverage considers Greek and Confucian philosophy; Christian, Islamic and Buddhist religion; African tradition, as well as contemporary scientific approaches to the study of wisdom.