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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/662402941 Title: The wisdom of insecurity : a message for an age of anxiety Author: Alan Watts Publisher: New York : Vintage Books, a division of Random House, Inc., 2011. ISBN/ISSN: 9780307741202 0307741206 OCLC:662402941

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The wisdom of insecurity : a message for an age of anxiety

Author:	Alan Watts
Publisher:	New York : Vintage Books, a division of Random House, Inc., 2011.
Edition/Format:	Print book : English : Second Vintage Books editionView all editions and formats
Database:	WorldCat
Summary:	Drawing from Eastern philosophy and religion, Watts argues that is only by acknowledging what we do not and cannot know that we can find something truly worth knowing.--From publisher description.
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Subjects	Security (Psychology) Religion -- Philosophy. Fear.
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Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Alan Watts Find more information about:
ISBN:	9780307741202 0307741206
OCLC Number:	662402941
Notes:	"Originally published in slightly different form in hardcover in the United States by Pantheon Books, New York, in 1951"--Title page verso.
Description:	vii, 152 pages ; 21 cm
Contents:	Introduction / [Deepak Chopra] -- Preface -- The age of anxiety -- Pain and time -- The great stream -- The wisdom of the body -- On being aware -- The marvelous moment -- The transformation of life -- Creative morality -- Religion renewed.
Responsibility:	Alan W. Watts.

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Drawing from Eastern philosophy and religion, Watts argues that is only by acknowledging what we do not and cannot know that we can find something truly worth knowing.--From publisher description.

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