An Introduction to the Love of Wisdom

An Introduction to the Love of Wisdom
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Publisher : University Press of America
Total Pages : 382
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ISBN-10 : 0761830065
ISBN-13 : 9780761830061
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Download or read book An Introduction to the Love of Wisdom written by James A. Harold and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 2004 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this engaging book is twofold: to explain and justify the primary objects and methods of the discipline of philosophy, and to show how philosophy is relevant to a person's life and happiness. Both purposes are implied in the idea of wisdom in its theoretical and existential dimensions. Philosophy is the 'love of wisdom, ' and wisdom involves coming into a right relation to the world of beauty, goodness, and truth


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