QA 60. None the wiser (On the obligation and cultivation of wisdom)

  • Posted by Helen Douglas
  • On October 2, 2018
Last week, I had the pleasure of addressing a conference of family mediators in Cape Town on the topic of “Wisdom in mediation”. Two stories First story. An ethics professor once said to an undergraduate philosophy class, “If you believe that a professor of ethics is an ethical person, you are making a category mistake.” […]
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QA 24. (Aug 10) A word to the (would-be) wise

  • Posted by Helen Douglas
  • On August 12, 2010
This is the original version of an article published as “A formula for wisdom” in Psychologies (South Africa), August–September 2010 Every society venerates the wisdom of its elders, at least in principle. Wisdom is seen as a consolation for the physical decline of age and the approach of death. And although not every old person […]
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QA 15. (June 09) Essence of philosophical counselling

  • Posted by Helen Douglas
  • On June 24, 2009
I have been explaining, exploring and writing about my philosophical counselling practice since I began in 2002. I’ve presented papers at conferences here in South Africa and in Canada and the US, which are available on my website along with other published articles. But recently a couple of friends challenged me to cut to the […]
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