On wisdom : a Philosophical Dialogue / Nicholas J. Pappas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pappas, Nicholas J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conduct of life.

Wisdom.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Algora Publishing, 2017.

Summary:

What does it mean to live well? Every day we choose how to act, what to believe, and where to place our focus. This thoughtful book draws us into an engaging conversation about topics that we often leave unspoken but which wise people think through as a fundamental part of living. The mystery is really not so great: it is within reach all the time.

Contents:

Intro

~ Introduction

~ Wisdom (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ What, How (Artist, Sage)

~ Belief (Director, Sage)

~ Strength (Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Weakness (Artist, Heir)

~ Unbelief (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Religion (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Secularism (Director, Sage)

~ Spirit (Artist, Heir)

~ Practical (Artist, Heir)

~ Doubts (Heir, Sage)

~ Creation (Artist, Director)

~ Fit (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Knowledge (Director, Heir)

~ Judgment (Artist, Sage)

~ Intelligence (Director, Sage)

~ Sense (Artist, Heir, Sage)

~ Shrewdness (Artist, Heir)

~ Interlude (Director, Heir)

~ Great Days (Artist, Sage)

~ Sharing (Artist, Heir, Sage)

~ Truth (Director, Heir)

~ Melancholy (Director, Sage)

~ Joy (Heir, Sage)

~ Happiness (Director, Artist)

~ Leadership (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Neither (Artist, Heir)

~ Patience (Artist, Heir, Sage)

~ Philosophy (Director, Sage)

~ Recognition (Artist, Director, Heir)

~ Acknowledgement (Artist, Director)

~ Osmosis (Artist, Heir)

~ Teaching (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Experience (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Relating (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Essence (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Habit (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Perception (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Action (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Self-Control (Heir, Sage)

~ Principles (Artist, Director, Heir)

~ Morals (Artist, Heir, Sage)

~ Discernment (Director, Heir)

~ Insight (Artist, Director)

~ Age (Director, Heir)

~ Self-Knowledge (Artist, Director, Heir)

~ Sincerity (Artist, Director, Heir)

~ Integrity (Artist, Director, Heir)

~ Taste (Artist, Director, Heir)

~ Divine (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Concealed (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage).

~ Convention (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Tradition (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Originality (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Epigones (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Youth (Director, Heir)

~ Shame (Artist, Director, Heir)

~ Timelessness (Artist, Heir)

~ Relativity (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Love (Artist, Heir)

~ Friendship (Director, Heir)

~ Awakening (Director, Sage)

~ Irony (Director, Sage)

~ Tolerance (Director, Sage)

~ Restraint (Artist, Director)

~ Harmony (Artist, Director, Heir)

~ Dissonance (Artist, Director)

~ Nature (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Animals (Heir, Sage)

~ Elders (Director, Heir)

~ Needs (Artist, Director, Sage)

~ Honesty (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Memory (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Forgetting (Heir, Sage)

~ Suffering (Director, Heir)

~ Selfishness (Artist, Heir)

~ Contemplation (Director, Sage)

~ Solitude (Artist, Heir)

~ Wholeness (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Nations (Artist, Director)

~ Inheritance (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Alike (Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Peace (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ War (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Pleasure (Director, Sage)

~ Purpose (Artist, Heir)

~ Compromise (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Ideas (Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Convictions (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Unrequited (Director, Sage)

~ Courage (Artist, Director, Heir)

~ Cowardice (Artist, Heir)

~ Alliances (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Dirt (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Silence (Director, Sage)

~ Babble (Artist, Director, Heir)

~ Applause (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Misunderstood (Artist, Heir)

~ Worries (Director, Heir)

~ Isolation (Director, Sage)

~ Moderation (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Thinking (Director, Heir).

~ Opinions (Artist, Director, Heir)

~ Validation (Artist, Director, Heir)

~ Trust (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Wariness (Director, Heir)

~ Sorrow (Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Rejoicing (Artist, Director, Heir)

~ Determination (Artist, Director, Heir)

~ Ruthlessness (Artist, Director, Heir)

~ Mercy (Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Cruelty (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Urbanity (Director, Sage)

~ Sophistication (Director, Heir)

~ Simplicity (Artist, Director, Heir)

~ Flexible (Artist, Director)

~ Independence (Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Character (Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Reputation (Artist, Director)

~ Roles (Artist, Director, Heir)

~ Eccentricity (Artist, Director, Heir)

~ Confidence (Heir, Sage)

~ Inclusiveness (Artist, Director, Heir)

~ Exclusiveness (Director, Sage)

~ Science (Director, Heir, Sage)

~ People (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Enlightenment (Director, Sage)

~ Strategy (Artist, Director)

~ Tactics (Director, Heir)

~ Emulation (Artist, Director, Heir)

~ Fruits (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Deals (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Comfort (Artist, Director, Heir)

~ Purity (Director, Heir)

~ Endurance (Artist, Heir)

~ Elegance (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Humor (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Perspective (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Dissembling (Director, Heir)

~ Diet (Director, Sage)

~ Reading (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Writing (Artist, Director)

~ Renown (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Crowds (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Discretion (Director, Heir)

~ Orthodoxy (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Heterodoxy (Artist, Director)

~ Heresy (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ One (Director, Heir)

~ Daring (Artist, Director, Sage)

~ Points of View (Artist, Director)

~ Imagination (Heir, Sage).

~ Hatred (Director, Sage)

~ Revenge (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ The Greedy (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Love for Love (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Honor (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Warmth (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Humanity (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Naiveté (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Faith (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Death (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Precision (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Prophecy (Artist, Sage)

~ Timeless (Director, Sage)

~ Expertise (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Intoxicated (Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Probing (Artist, Director, Sage)

~ Roots (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Flexibility (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Experimentation (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Selflessness (Director, Sage)

~ Responsibility (Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Causes (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Equality (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Rarity (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Sayings (Artist, Director, Sage)

~ Misunderstanding (Artist, Director, Sage)

~ Distance (Artist, Director, Sage)

~ Mistakes (Artist, Director, Sage)

~ Professionals and Amateurs (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Rivals (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Therapy (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Money (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Satisfaction (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Resistance (Artist, Director, Sage)

~ Acceptance (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Impressions (Artist, Director, Sage)

~ Pity (Artist, Director, Sage)

~ Power (Director, Sage)

~ Boredom (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Lies (Artist, Heir)

~ Perplexity (Director, Sage)

~ Adventure (Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Bonds (Director, Sage)

~ Surrender (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Advantage (Artist, Director, Sage).

~ Compassion (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Center (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Myth (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Mockery (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Piety (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Wine (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Awe (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Conflict (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Preparation (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Imparting (Director, Sage)

~ Cheerfulness (Director, Heir)

~ Change (Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Works (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Reflection (Artist, Sage)

~ Imitation (Artist, Sage)

~ Firmness (Heir, Sage)

~ Failure (Artist, Director, Sage)

~ Assumptions (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Arrogance (Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Boundaries (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Depths and Heights (Artist, Director, Sage)

~ Heights and Depths (Artist, Director, Sage)

~ Gifts (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Giving (Artist, Director, Heir)

~ Ignorance (Director, Sage)

~ Choice (Director, Sage)

~ Seeds (Artist, Director, Heir)

~ Observation (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Healing (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Knots (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Success (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Mastery (Artist, Sage)

~ Light (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Darkness (Director, Sage)

~ Rule (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Beauty (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Desperation (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Standards (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Fame (Artist, Director, Sage)

~ Virtue (Heir, Sage)

~ Caution (Artist, Director, Sage)

~ Masterpieces (Artist, Director, Heir)

~ Superiority (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Disillusionment (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Kindness (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage)

~ Integration (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage).

~ Explanations (Artist, Director, Heir, Sage).

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62894-296-7