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Seeking Wisdom: From Darwin to Munger, 3rd Edition 3rd Edition
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- ISBN-101578644283
- ISBN-13978-1578644285
- Edition3rd
- PublisherPCA Publications L.L.C.
- Publication dateJanuary 1, 2007
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions0.8 x 6.3 x 9.5 inches
- Print length328 pages
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- Publisher : PCA Publications L.L.C.
- Publication date : January 1, 2007
- Edition : 3rd
- Language : English
- Print length : 328 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1578644283
- ISBN-13 : 978-1578644285
- Item Weight : 1.65 pounds
- Dimensions : 0.8 x 6.3 x 9.5 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #68,714 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1,520 in Textbooks (Special Features Stores)
- #1,596 in Philosophy (Books)
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Customers find this book to be an amazing compilation of wisdom, particularly useful for understanding human nature. Moreover, the book is well-written and worth reading multiple times, with customers noting it's worth exponentially more than its purchase price. However, the writing quality receives mixed feedback, with several customers finding it impossible to read.
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Customers find this book insightful, describing it as an amazing compilation of wisdom that helps understand human nature and provides great nuggets of information.
"...There’s a great quote by Johnny Uzan where he said, “A great book takes years to write but only hours to read. The reader nets the difference.”..." Read more
"...of the best books I have read but because this is one of the best summary of ideas I ingested in last 2 years...." Read more
"...But it is worth far, far, far more than the relatively miniscule price - and it is worth reading many times...." Read more
"This book is full of wisdom and it hard to digest all at one time. you need to go slow and let it process in your system and reread to get wiser." Read more
Customers find the book well written and worth reading multiple times, with one customer describing it as a "ridiculously good distillation of principles."
"...Page for page, it is one of the most densely insightful books I have ever read; and it’s essentially a distillation of wisdom and knowledge from..." Read more
"...It has so much great content that I made a page on my key website (in the search engine next week) so that I could derive all the value out of it..." Read more
"...The book is so rich that it should be included in the school curricula. What a head start it would be for a teenager to learn all these wisdom!!..." Read more
"...I have not read many books more than once. But this one will be read over and over just for the enjoyment...." Read more
Customers find the book worth exponentially more than its purchase price.
"...wisdom/knowledge benefit from this book makes it worth exponentially more than its purchase price, and I recommend it anytime anyone asks me the..." Read more
"...be able to get so much out of it for your own life, along with the great value you will undoubtedly give to others from how you live your life and..." Read more
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Customers find the writing style of the book difficult to follow and impossible to read.
"...wisdom but does exactly what prevents us from seeking it, i.e. shallow reading." Read more
"...is interested in the subject of "seeking wisdom" but he writes in a calcified way, and some of the ideas are so 19th century, that you can't help..." Read more
"...It's not great at story telling though, it's the quality of striking me with insight and brilliance that's missing. And maybe that's fine." Read more
"...the caliber of the people the book quotes, but it's been slow and hard to follow." Read more
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- Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2024Format: HardcoverVerified PurchaseSimilar to Charles P’s review below, I am almost ashamed it took me so long to discover this book. Page for page, it is one of the most densely insightful books I have ever read; and it’s essentially a distillation of wisdom and knowledge from some of history’s greatest minds into a single book. There’s a great quote by Johnny Uzan where he said, “A great book takes years to write but only hours to read. The reader nets the difference.” The net wisdom/knowledge benefit from this book makes it worth exponentially more than its purchase price, and I recommend it anytime anyone asks me the question, “What are your favorite books?” You will be a better and wiser person for having read this special book. Guaranteed.
- Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2014Format: HardcoverVerified PurchaseI give this book 5 stars not because this is one of the best books I have read but because this is one of the best summary of ideas I ingested in last 2 years. I don't know how a casual reader with no prior exposure to topics covered in the book would ingest the densely packed material but if you are an ardent reader in topics such as decision science, finance and probability this book is nothing but a collection of ideas from these areas. If you have read 'Thinking, Fast and Slow', 50% of seeking wisdom would be redundant for you. If you have read 'The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives' another 25% of the material in the book would be redundant. If you have taken a Master's level course in finance & investing or have worked in financial markets, another 15% of the material would be redundant for you. In rare cases, if you have read books such as 'The Mind of the Market: Compassionate Apes, Competitive Humans, and Other Tales from Evolutionary Economics' and 'The Flaw of Averages: Why We Underestimate Risk in the Face of Uncertainty', whatever 10% stuff is left in the book would be repetitive. If you have read all the stuff mentioned above, this book is a good refresher of important concepts. If you haven't read the books mentioned above, this book may be nothing more than a text scratching the surface of tons of concepts. On that note, the book somehow is self contradictory where it talks about seeking wisdom but does exactly what prevents us from seeking it, i.e. shallow reading.
- Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2013Format: HardcoverVerified PurchaseAlthough I write about "Life", it took a lot of convincing by the Farnam Street Blog to convince me to buy it at that price.
But it is worth far, far, far more than the relatively miniscule price - and it is worth reading many times.
And it is worth implementing into your life - for what value is reading other than to create value itself! The value that can be derived from this book will, in my opinion, be beyond that of at least most of the books you've read - combined.
It has so much great content that I made a page on my key website (in the search engine next week) so that I could derive all the value out of it for myself, and hopefully help a few others along the way (which is the purpose of the site).
And, yes, it has some rather deep and analytical parts to it that take some concentration and attention. Those might be skipped on the initial reading, but I would recommend going back and reading them - and converting them (if they seem to be about investing or other seeming "non-life" topics) into truths about life.
Buy it. Read it. You will never regret buying it.
And you'll be able to get so much out of it for your own life, along with the great value you will undoubtedly give to others from how you live your life and what you share.
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- Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2024This book is full of wisdom and it hard to digest all at one time. you need to go slow and let it process in your system and reread to get wiser.
- Reviewed in the United States on October 1, 2024Format: HardcoverVerified PurchaseWhat I liked - I received exactly what I ordered in better condition than I expected.
What I didn't like - it took 2 weeks for the book to be delivered.
- Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2024Format: HardcoverVerified PurchaseAs an avid reader i am shocked it took so long for me to come across this book. Its packed with methods on how to be more rational and make better choices. I bought the authors other books as well.
- Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2015Format: HardcoverVerified PurchaseAs Charlie Munger (Partner to Warren Buffett & Vice Chairman – Berkshire Hathaway) says ‘All I want to know is where I am going to die, so I’ll never go there’. This book ‘Seeking Wisdom’ is in search of this wisdom. Peter Bevelin has written a mind blowing book on how to avoid the roads that lead to unhappiness. At its core this book focuses on why we make misjudgements and how we can avoid them by thinking better and more importantly rationally.
Peter Bevelin has read extensively on variety of disciplines and this book is a culmination of what he has learned all these years by reading the best minds. The book is so rich that it should be included in the school curricula. What a head start it would be for a teenager to learn all these wisdom!! The bibliography is very rich as well.
Do yourself a favour; read this book and have everyone in your family read it as well.
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AntoninoReviewed in Italy on September 10, 2018
5.0 out of 5 stars Libro molto interessante
Format: HardcoverVerified PurchaseUn libro che anche con esempi pratici racconta come le persone si comportano in relazione a ciò che credono di sapere. Utile da leggere e approfondire per chi vuole imparare a pensare senza essere influenzato da credenze limitanti. Raggiungerò la saggezza suprema? Non lo so, ma credo che questo libro mi aiuterà ad avere una forma mentis più equilibrata. Lo sto leggendo anche per migliorare l'inglese. Arrivato in ottime condizioni
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MohamedReviewed in France on November 17, 2019
1.0 out of 5 stars Sans intérêt
Format: HardcoverVerified PurchaseCeci n’est pas vraiment un livre, mais une compilation de citations de M. Buffet et M. Munger avec des commentaires ...
- LaciReviewed in the United Kingdom on June 20, 2019
5.0 out of 5 stars Quality information, but a bit short
Format: HardcoverVerified PurchaseThe theme of the book is making decisions. Why people make mistakes and how to make better decisions and more accurate predictions. Most examples are investment related.
It appears to be a good overview on decision making. That is pretty much all of the sections are both true and insightful. However it could have been organised a bit better, some sections could be next to each other or under the same heading, also some content seems to be in the wrong section. It appears the author focused only on ideas he knows to be useful and he understands. (Meaning the contents are true, but incomplete)
The problem with the book is that it's too short. It seems each section is just quickly describing an idea with 0 - 2 examples before the next one starts. The problem is, that with so few examples and quick description, you will not understand the concepts if they are new to you and you can't find more real life examples yourself. It is exacerbated by the large number of quotes used (which take up much of the space). I think it should be 2-3x longer to better explain each concept.
- Unsatisfied CustomerReviewed in Canada on April 22, 2025
5.0 out of 5 stars Helpful Summary of Key Insights
Format: HardcoverVerified PurchaseGreat concept to distill some of the insights from the greatest minds. I read this after I was familiar with philosophy, and had had several self improvement/knowledge books under my belt and found this book was a wonderful summary with great quotes to draw from and marinade on. This book took me awhile to read because I put it down every few pages to jot down some notes. Dense and approachable. I’d recommend.
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Cliente AmazonReviewed in Spain on March 13, 2019
5.0 out of 5 stars Muy bueno
Format: HardcoverVerified PurchaseBrillante recopilación de conceptos con aportaciones de frases por parte de munger y Buffett.