One: Education and the Quest for Wisdom Lessons from Nature 8 Knowledge, Competence and skills 9 the pursuit of wisdom 12 Learning outcomes or learner outcome 16 The quest for wisdom and philosophy 18 concluding remarks 21 Two: Ethical debates, ethical theories and relition Ethics 22 Some preliminary clarification 22 Ethical theories 25 A practical Question 26 Exploring the question 27 A human Question 30 Ethics and Religion 32 Concluding remarks 41 Three : Religion, thought and life The Notion of Religion 42 Whitehead`s understanding of Religion 44 Religion and Metaphysics 50 Religion and Experience 53 Religion and rational thinking 57 concluding remarks 60 Four: Philosophy and the problem of evil an ever present challenge 62 The problem of evil expressed 63 charles Hartshorne`s solution 66 The concept of creativity 68 God`s governance 71 The practical dimension of the problem of evil 77 FIVE: Philosophy and literature Whitehead on literature and Philosophy 84 Literature and Philosophy: a whiteheadian Nexus 87 Modes of experiencing 90 The language of literature and of Philosophy 94 Six: Philosophy in the catholic tradition The catholic context 103 The catholic church`s support of Philosophy 104 Philosophy and reason 108 Revelationa nd the magisterium 114 Some observations and comments 117