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Selected
WISDOM PAGE Resources
for Independent Study and Home Schooling |
Tier 1: An Overview
A SHORT INTRODUCTORY VIDEO
| This 9-minute video introduces the three big questions concerning wisdom: What is wisdom? Why is wisdom important? and How can we develop wisdom? It touches on answers to all three, and invites the viewer to visit The Wisdom Page website and explore the matter more deeply. |
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WHAT WISDOM IS
| This 7-page essay appeared in the book Living a Life of Value. It focuses on the importance of perspectives and values in wisdom, the role of values in the decision-making process, and characteristics frequently found in wise people. It also touches on the role of influences and practices in the development of wisdom, and applying wisdom in the world around us. | Playing
the Wisdom Game: Some thoughts about the nature and development of wisdom |
WHY WE NEED WISDOM
| This superb 7-page essay by noted historian Walter G. Moss makes the case for early-in-life acquisition of wisdom. The alternative, as he makes clear, is very likely to be a wasted life. Must reading for young college students — and the rest of us. |
GOALS,
VALUES AND WISDOM: |
| Also available in essay form, this 22 minute video presents an overview of both the bad news and some more hopeful news about the human brain/mind system that evolutionary processes designed for us. | Flaws in Human Mentality — The Video |
HOW WISDOM IS DEVELOPED
| For years, most people have assumed that wisdom is a gift of luck or fate. A few people become exceptionally wise, but most don't. We now know that wisdom can be developed intentionally. This 5-page essay goes into the factors involved, and steps that individuals can take to become wiser. | Developing Personal Wisdom |
