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Why wisdom?
   
What is wisdom?
   
Words of wisdom
   
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WISDOM'S STRUCTURE
   The kinds of wisdom
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   Wise values
   Collective wisdom
   The integral vision

PROFILES OF WISDOM

WISDOM AND THE FUTURE

WISDOM RESEARCH

WISDOM AND POSITIVE AGING

EDUCATION FOR WISDOM

WISDOM DEVELOPMENT
   Defining the task
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WISDOM IN ACTION
   Creating wise societies
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   Dialogue, not debate
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Wisdom's Structure

THE KINDS OF WISDOM
An overview of the various forms that wisdom can take

Biblos  Judeo-Christian bibles have many references to wisdom. The Biblos website can be a great help to those who would like to explore these teachings. Of particular value is the Multi-Version Concordance which allows you to enter a word, such as wisdom, and see the passages in which that word appears in twelve different translations of each passage.

The Varieties of Wisdom   Copthorne Macdonald discusses Personal Wisdom (the Practical, Existential/Metaphysical, and Activist varieties) and Socio-Cultural Wisdom.

A Wisdom-Based Culture. This look at the possibility of creating a wisdom-based, wisdom-fostering society is discussed in this excerpt from Chapter 13 of Copthorne Macdonald's book Toward Wisdom.