Wiser
The Scientific Roots of Wisdom, Compassion, and What Makes Us Good
Published on 1. December 2020
Book
Hardback
336 pages
978-1-68364-463-7 (ISBN)
Description
What exactly does it mean to be 'wise?' And is it possible to grow - and even accelerate - its unfolding?
The modern epidemics of suicides, opioid abuse, loneliness, and internet addiction are damaging people's health and destroying the social fabric. This book shows how you can take control of your life by increasing your wisdom.
For over two decades, Dilip Jeste, MD, has led the search for the biological and cognitive roots of wisdom. What's emerged from his work is that wisdom is a very real and deeply multi-layered set of traits. Across many cultures and centuries, he's found that wise people are: Compassionate and empathetic; aware of their gifts and blind spots; open-minded; resolute and calm amid uncertainty; altruistic decision-makers who learn from their experiences; able to see from many perspectives and 'altitudes'; and often blessed with a sense of adventure and humour.
If you seek to be a wiser person - with your family, at work, and in your community - here's the place to start, with the researcher who's launched and advanced this exciting new path to our highest human potential.
The modern epidemics of suicides, opioid abuse, loneliness, and internet addiction are damaging people's health and destroying the social fabric. This book shows how you can take control of your life by increasing your wisdom.
For over two decades, Dilip Jeste, MD, has led the search for the biological and cognitive roots of wisdom. What's emerged from his work is that wisdom is a very real and deeply multi-layered set of traits. Across many cultures and centuries, he's found that wise people are: Compassionate and empathetic; aware of their gifts and blind spots; open-minded; resolute and calm amid uncertainty; altruistic decision-makers who learn from their experiences; able to see from many perspectives and 'altitudes'; and often blessed with a sense of adventure and humour.
If you seek to be a wiser person - with your family, at work, and in your community - here's the place to start, with the researcher who's launched and advanced this exciting new path to our highest human potential.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
N/A
Dimensions
Height: 233 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
586 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-68364-463-7 (9781683644637)
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Persons
Dilip Jeste, MD, is a neuropsychiatrist who has spent more than 20 years studying aspects of wisdom and healthy aging. He is a professor of psychiatry and neurosciences and the director of the Center for Healthy Aging at the University of California San Diego, and a past president of the American Psychiatric Association. Scott LaFee is director of communications and media relations for UC San Diego Health, UC San Diego Health Sciences, and the UC San Diego School of Medicine. He was previously a science writer and editor at the San Diego Union-Tribune.