Editor's Letter
Ten Great Moments
William Desmond
– Most modern thinkers are not concerned with wisdom.
Charlotte Allen
– Athena was not an ivory tower gal.
IC Interview
– Michael Walzer talks about war and its aftermath.
Jerome Groopman
– A good doctor needs more than knowledge of biology.
Jonathan V. Last
– Which should we trust more – the crowd or the lonely genius?
Jack N. Rakove and william voegeli
– Are politicians today as wise as the founding fathers?
diana west
– Whatever happened to being seen and not heard?
david ford
– Three Abrahamic faiths could point the way to true ecumenism.
michael dirda
– There are three kinds of fools – and one of these is nobody’s fool.
seven views
– Can wisdom be taught?
jeffery paine
– There is a place where folk tales and modern science meet.
ronald l. numbers
– Scientists dropped the pursuit of wisdom for useful truths.
mark lasswell
– Why do the ancients get credit for being wiser than we are?
charlotte hays
– A retired schoolteacher gave a wise gift.
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