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• Ardelt, Monika. "Wisdom and Life Satisfaction in Old Age." The Journals of Gerontology 52B (Jan 1997 1997): 15-27.
• Baltes, Paul B. , and Alexandra M. Freund. "The Intermarriage of Wisdom and Selective Optimization with Compensation." In Flourishing: Positive Psychology and the Life Well-Lived, edited by Corey L. M. Keyes and Jonathan Haidt, 249-71. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 2002.
• Baltes, P.B , and Jacqui Smith. Toward a Psychology of Wisdom and Its Ontogenesis. Wisdom: Its Nature, Origins, and Development. edited by Robert J. Sternberg Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990.
• Carstensen, Laura. "The Influence of a Sense of Time on Human Development." Science 312 (June 30 2006 2006): 1913-15.
• Clayton, V. , and J. E. Birren. The Devleopment of Wisdom across the Life Span: A Re-Examination of an Ancient Topic. Life-Span Development and Behavior. edited by P. B. Baltes and O. G Brim. Vol. 3, New York: Academic Press, 1980.
• Epictetus. "Enchiridion." Internet Classics Archive.
• Estes, Daniel. "Proverbs." In Handbook on the Wisdom Books and Psalms, edited by Daniel Estes, 213-69. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2005.
• Frager, Robert. "Chapter Five: Sufism: The Path of Islamic Mysticism." In The Wisdom of Islam, edited by Robert Frager, 73-92. Hauppauge, New York: Godsfield Press, 2002.
• ———. "Chapter Six: The Mind of Islam." In The Wisdom of Islam, edited by Robert Frager, 95-111. Hauppauge, New York: Godsfield Press, 2002.
• Haidt, Jonathan. "The Emotional Dog and Its Rational Tail: A Social Intuitionist Approach to Moral Judgement." Psychological Review 108, no. 4 (2001 2001): 814-34.
• Holder, John. "The Greater Discourse on the Destruction of Craving." In Early Buddhist Discourses: Hackett, 2006.
• Islamic Research Foundation International, Inc. "Words of Wisdom from the Koran." http://www.irfi.org/articles/articles_201_250/words_of_wisdom_from_the_quran.htm.
• Kunzman, Ute / Baltes, Paul. "The Psychology of Wisdom: Theoretical and Empirical Challenges." In A Handbook of Wisdom: Psychological Perspectives, edited by Robert / Jordan Sternberg, Jennifer, 110-39. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005.
• Labouvie-Vief, Gisela. "Wisdom as Intergrated Thoguht: Historical and Devleopmental Perspectives." In Wisdom: Its Nature, Origins, and Development, edited by Robert J. Sternberg, 52-83. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1990.
• Long, A.A. "Chapter 1: Epictetus in His Time and Place." In Epictetus: A Stoic and Socratic Guide to Life, edited by A.A. Long. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 2002.
• Osbeck, Lisa M/Robinson, Daniel N. "Philosophical Theories of Wisdom." In A Handbook of Wisdom: Psychological Perspectives, edited by Robert / Jordan Sternberg, Jennifer, 61-83. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2005.
• Ricard, Matthieu. "Chapter 6: The Alchemy of Suffering." In Happiness: A Guide to Developing; Life's Most Important Skill, edited by Matthieu Ricard, 59-80. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2003.
• ———. "Chapter 7: The Viels of the Ego." In Happiness: A Guide to Developing; Life's Most Important Skill, edited by Matthieu Ricard, 80-97. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2003.
• Robinson, Daniel. Wisdom through the Ages. Wisdom: Its Nature, Origins, and Development. edited by Robert J. Sternberg Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990.
• Stanovich, Keith E. "The Rationality of Educating for Wisdom." Educational Psychologist 36, no. 4 (2001 2001): 247-51.
• Sternberg, Robert J. Wisdom and Its Relations to Intelligence and Creativity. Wisdom: Its Nature, Origins, and Development. edited by Robert J. Sternberg Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990.
• Wilson, David. "Chapter 4: The Secular Utility of Relgion." In Darwin's Cathedral: Evolution, Religion, and the Nature of Society, edited by David Wilson, 125-60. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2002.
• Wilson, Timothy D. "Chapter Eight: Introspection and Self-Narratives." In Strangers to Ourselves, edited by Timothy D. Wilson, 159-82. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Belknap/Harvard UP, 2002.
• ———. "Chapter Nine: Looking Outward to Know Ourselves." In Strangers to Ourselves, edited by Timothy D. Wilson, 183-202. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Belknap/Harvard UP, 2002.
• ———. "Chapter Ten: Observing and Changing Our Behavior." In Strangers to Ourselves, edited by Timothy D. Wilson, 203-21. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Belknap/Harvard UP, 2002.