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The War on Wisdom. Wisdom versus expertise in facing life’s problems

Edited by Digby Anderson, 2003
ISBN 0 907631 98 3
£15.95

Western civilization is built on wisdom, the best that its past generations have thought. That wisdom is now under attack and if this assault succeeds – because Western society is built on wisdom – Western society will, as have all other great civilizations, fall.

Category: Modern society & cultural change

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