The World's Great Wisdom

The World's Great WisdomSurveying spiritual and philosophical traditions, this volume revives the search for wisdom for modern times. What is wisdom and how is it cultivated? These are among the most important questions we can ask, but questions that have been routinely ignored in modern times. In the twentieth century, the search for wisdom was replaced by a search for knowledge as science and technology promised answers to life's ills. However, along with scientific

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and the transmigration of souls are all covered in terms of their influence or lack of influence in Suhrawardī's thought

Explores how the trope of racial passing continues to serve as a touchstone for gauging public beliefs and anxieties about race in this multiracial era

European narratives and indigenous oral histories

such as the importance of farmer acceptance of methods

describing in detail how to implement a strategic approach which will enable complex digital objects to be discovered

Cairo since 1900: An Architectural Guide is the first comprehensive architectural guide to the constructions that have shaped and continue to shape the Egyptian capital since the early twentieth century

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and one of the best of the many later efforts to capture Sterne’s unique blend of sensibility and sensuality

the years since the Oslo Accords are scrutinized from a wide range of perspectives

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as Claire Sponsler notes in her introduction