The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety

“The wisdom of insecurity is not a way of evasion, but of carrying on wherever we happen to be stationed - carrying on, however, without imagining that the burden of the world, or even of the next moment, is ours. It is a philosophy not of nihilism but of the reality of the present—always remembering that to be of the present is to be, and candidly know ourselves to be, on the crest of a breaking wave." (Philip Wheelwright, Arts and Letters) “This book proposes a complete reversal of all ordinary thinking about the present state of man. The critical condition of the world compels us to face this problem: how is man to live in a world in which he can neve be secure, deprived, as many are, of the consolations of religious belief? The author shows that this problem contains its own solution — that the highest happiness, the supreme spiritual insight and certitude are found only in our awareness that impermanence and in security are inescapable and inseparable from life. Written in a simple and lucid style, it is a timely message..." (Book Exchange, London)