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The Wisdom of Insecurity
The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety
Short treatise written after he left the priesthood and one of his most widely read books. It argues that modern anxiety springs from seeking security in a future that does not exist and from splitting the observing 'I' off from experience; the way out is not another belief but full attention to the present and acceptance of change. Without technical vocabulary it distils what Watts had learned from Zen, Taoism and Christian mysticism.
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English
The Wisdom of Insecurity
Vintage Books
ISBN 9780307741202
Reedición de Vintage; el año del catálogo no es fiable
The Wisdom of Insecurity
Ebury Publishing, 2021
ISBN 9781846047015
The Wisdom of Insecurity
Rider, 1997
ISBN 9780712671316
Alan Watts
The Wisdom of Insecurity
The Conscious LibraryAlan Watts
The Wisdom of Insecurity
The Conscious LibraryThe Wisdom of Insecurity
Pantheon Books, 1951
Primera edición, Nueva York
Español
Alan Watts
La sabiduría de la inseguridad
The Conscious LibraryLa sabiduría de la inseguridad
Troquel, 1991
ISBN 9789501609110
Buenos Aires
Alan Watts
La sabiduría de la inseguridad
The Conscious Library
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Modrost negotovosti
J. Pergar, 1994
ISBN 9789616067089
Deutsch
Chino clásico · 文言
心之道 (Xin zhi dao)
Guangxi Normal University Press, 2015
ISBN 9787549561650
Türkçe
Other works by Alan Watts
- An Outline of Zen Buddhism · 1932
- The Spirit of Zen · 1936
- The Legacy of Asia and Western Man · 1937
- The Meaning of Happiness · 1940
- Theologia Mystica (translation of Pseudo-Dionysius) · 1944
- Behold the Spirit · 1947
- Easter: Its Story and Meaning · 1950
- The Supreme Identity · 1950
- Myth and Ritual in Christianity · 1953
- The Way of Zen · 1957
- Nature, Man and Woman · 1958
- Beat Zen, Square Zen, and Zen · 1959
- This Is It · 1960
- Psychotherapy East and West · 1961
- The Joyous Cosmology · 1962
- The Two Hands of God · 1963
- Beyond Theology · 1964
- The Book · 1966
- Nonsense · 1967
- Psychedelics and Religious Experience · 1968
- Does It Matter? · 1970
- Erotic Spirituality · 1971
- In My Own Way · 1972
- The Art of Contemplation · 1972
- Cloud-Hidden, Whereabouts Unknown · 1973
- Tao: The Watercourse Way · 1975
- The Essence of Alan Watts · 1974
- The Essential Alan Watts · 1976
- Uncarved Block, Unbleached Silk · 1978
- Om: Creative Meditations · 1979
- Play to Live · 1982
- The Way of Liberation in Zen Buddhism · 1955
- The Way of Liberation · 1983
- Out of the Trap · 1985
- Diamond Web · 1986
- The Early Writings of Alan Watts · 1987
- The Modern Mystic · 1990
- Talking Zen · 1994
- Become What You Are · 1995
- Buddhism: The Religion of No-Religion · 1995
- The Philosophies of Asia · 1995
- The Tao of Philosophy · 1995
- Myth and Religion · 1996
- Taoism: Way Beyond Seeking · 1997
- Zen and the Beat Way · 1997
- Seeds of Genius · 1997
- Culture of Counterculture · 1998
- Still the Mind · 2000
- What Is Zen? · 2000
- What Is Tao? · 2000
- Zen: The Supreme Experience · 2002
- Eastern Wisdom, Modern Life · 2006
- The Collected Letters of Alan Watts · 2017
- Just So · 2020
- Tao for Now · 2023
- Eastern Wisdom and Modern Life (television series) · 1959
- A Conversation with Myself · 1971
- Out of Your Mind · 2004
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