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WAYS TO WISDOM

COURSE OUTLINE

FALL 2006

1. Practical Matters/Overview

2. Conceptions of wisdom in Philosophy

3. Differences between wisdom and knowledge

4. Christian perspectives on wisdom

5. Jewish perspectives on wisdom

6. The Nature/Nurture Debate and the Biological Model of Evolution of Intelligence/Wisdom in Living Things

7. Classical Greek/Roman perspectives on wisdom

8. Indian/South Asian perspectives on wisdom

9. Buddhist perspectives on wisdom

10. Confucian/Daoist perspectives on wisdom

11. Native American perspectives on wisdom

12. African perspectives on wisdom

13. Comparative Philosophy/Religion—“Wisdom” East & West