New Philosopher, Issue 50 – Wisdom

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This landmark 50th edition, aptly titled ‘Wisdom’, explores the concept beyond its usual —and often misleading—associations with age, quietness and measured restraint. Instead, it suggests that wisdom is far subtler and harder to recognise, often revealing itself as ‘hesitation rather than decisiveness; silence rather than speech; a refusal to act when action is expected.’ Boag closes his Editor’s Letter with a call to action from Danish philosopher Kierkegaard: ‘Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.’