Dialogue and Universalism

Volume 19, Issue 3/5, 2009

2009: Year of the Meanings of Polish and European History: Freedom and Independence—True Open University Education — Self-Knowledge of Panhuman Universal Civilizations

Civilization Wisdom in the 21st Century

This paper defines a quantitative model of civilization wisdom potential in terms of its wisdom capacity potential and wisdom activity potential. Four minds such as the Basic, Whole, Global, and Universal ones are defined and their wisdom potential is assessed for eight particular civilizations, such as Western, Eastern, Japanese, Chinese, Hindu, Islamic, Buddhist, and African. In conclusion the study states that civilization wisdom should be applied in almost every facet of civilization and its future depends on civilization wisdom.