Alan W Watts

A classic look at man's search for certainty from the acclaimed expert on Eastern philosophy. In this fascinating book, Alan Watts explores man's quest for psychological security, examining our efforts to find spiritual and intellectual certainty in the realms of religion and philosophy. The Wisdom of Insecurity underlines the importance of our search for stability in an age where human...

Pioneering Zen scholar Alan Watts explores the human quest for psychological security. 'A revelatory classic' - Maria Popova 'A spiritual polymath, the first and possibly greatest' - Deepak Chopra What we have forgotten is that thoughts and words are conventions, and that it is fatal to take conventions too seriously. Too often we fall into the trap of anticipating the...