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December
23, 2011
It is with
sorrow that we announce to the readers and community of the Wisdom
Page that Copthorne "Cop" Macdonald, who founded and maintained
the page, passed away last week after a lengthy illness.
It was Cop's
wish that the Wisdom Page continue to grow and expand. More information
on the future of the page will be posted as it becomes available.
Cop put
his heart and soul into the pursuit and sharing of wisdom. We will
all miss him very much.
The
Wisdom Page is a website dedicated to helping us better understand
wisdom — that vitally important but poorly understood
pinnacle of human functioning.
What
is wisdom? How
can it be developed?
There
are no short answers to those questions, but there are answers.
Wisdom is multi-faceted. For milennia, students of wisdom and writers
about it have associated wisdom with a number of positive human
characteristics. Among them are
the 48 that are displayed, one-by-one, over the "world
at night" image above.
Since
1995 The Wisdom Page has been connecting wisdom-interested people
with a wide range of wisdom-related resources. Over the years the
website has expanded in content and grown in popularity. Now, each
month, it delivers more than 30,000 documents, podcasts, and videos
to visitors from more than 140 countries.
The
Wisdom Page team includes writers, teachers, wisdom researchers,
and people from all walks of life who see wisdom as central to personal
and societal well being. I hope you enjoy your visit, and if you
have comments, suggestions or questions you'd like to share with
us — or would like to receive a monthly email update about
additions to the website — click
here.
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Are
you interested in seeking the larger and deeper truth
about the complex reality of which we are a part?
Mark
Hanawalt has started a discussion
forum to explore this issue, and invites all who are interested
to participate. You will be asked to create a username and
password, but that is the only formality.
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VIDEOS:
2011 AEPL (Expanded Perspectives on Learning) conference
USING
THE WISDOM PAGE FOR PERSONAL STUDY
What
Can You and I Do to Create a Heaven on Earth?
A wisdom-focused
search engine that searches this site and beyond.
It is
also possible to search just this site. To find things here, click
on Search this
Site and enter your search criteria.
Including the new introductory video:   WISDOM
and THE WISDOM PAGE
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WISDOM
101
is a free online course in practical wisdom. It is the outgrowth
of a classroom course given at Rollins College by Professor
Alan Nordstrom, and uses short chapters from Cop Macdonald's
book GETTING A LIFE to stir thinking about many common
life situations.
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Wisdom
101
A
Course in Practical Wisdom
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| Copthorne
Macdonald's books in eBook format Download
free, screen-readable, eBook editions of Matters of
Consequence (concerning personal and societal wisdom in
the 21st century), Getting a Life (about practical, everyday-life
wisdom), and Toward Wisdom (concerning big-picture, existential
wisdom). |
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| Jason
Merchey's "Life of Value" paper-and-ink books
Pay
the cost of shipping, and copies of the hardcover Building
a Life of Value and paperback Living a Life of Value
are yours. Values are the keystones of a meaningful life. These
books present great thinking by classical and contemporary writers,
and offer a rich variety of ideas on the subject. |
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More
free e-books in the Free
e-Books and e-Periodicals section of Wisdom Books &
Reviews
MIND
FLIGHT: A Journey into the Future
is an exciting, insightful, and wide-ranging personal quest book
by Thomas Lombardo and Jeanne Belisle Lombardo. Read the first few
chapters here.
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