Wisdom Page, The

The Wisdom Page is a website dedicated to helping us better understand wisdom—that vitally important pinnacle of human virtue and philosophical and psychological development.

It asks us 3 questions:

• What is wisdom?
• Why is it important?
• How can it be developed?

The Wisdom Page is a co-creation of numerous writers and researchers devoted to the study of wisdom. Founded in 1995 by Copthorne Macdonald, many contributors have generously made their materials available through The Wisdom Page created to provide Internet access to wisdom-related resources. The creators have studied and thought about wisdom, have extensively written about it. and frequently taught courses and other educational offerings on the topic, contributing many articles and even books to the resources contained in The Wisdom Page.

• Forty-eight positive human characteristics that have been associated with wisdom