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A Time for Wisdom : Knowledge, Detachment, Tranquility, Transcendence by Paul T. McLaughlin, Mark R. McMinn is a health book available to read on EtoBox.
What is A Time for Wisdom : Knowledge, Detachment, Tranquility, Transcendence about?
These are volatile times. Fear, suspicion, and cynicism are chronic. A mere tweet inflames the passions of millions while click-bait “hot takes” stoke the amygdalas of everyone with an Internet connection. We treat those not in our tribe as a threat and deem anyone with a different opinion as evil. Mistaking myopia for measure, we lack all sense of proportion in our judgments. We are shortsighted, mired in the present, ignorant of history, and blind to the future. We thought that technology would save us by connecting us to each other and the world’s information. Instead, it enticed our vices, encouraged our biases, and eroded the one virtue we need now more than ever: wisdom. A Time for Wisdom is for readers who feel beleaguered by the incivility of the modern world, dispirited by its coarse rhetoric and toxic partisanship. It is an invitation to escape the shallow cacophony and restore peace and perspective to our daily lives. Written by two psychologists, the book takes the best scientific research on wisdom and integrates it with timeless concepts that have, for ages, guided troubled souls through life’s hardships. From this foundation, the authors present four steps we can
Who reads A Time for Wisdom : Knowledge, Detachment, Tranquility, Transcendence?
It is typically read by readers building habits, skills, productivity or wellbeing.
Common subject areas: self-improvement, productivity, wellness.
- Author
- Paul T. McLaughlin, Mark R. McMinn
- Publisher
- Templeton Press
- Published
- 2022
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781599475875
- Category
- health
- Subjects
- Philosophy, Psychology, Humanities
- Rating
- 4.7 / 5 (4 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14