50 pages 1 hour read

Wade Davis

The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009

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Essay Topics

1.

Is there a difference between wisdom and science? Explain with references from the text.

2.

Do you believe the ethnosphere is as integral to the continued habitation of this planet as the biosphere? Explain with references from the text.

3.

Tibetan Buddhist Matthieu Ricard defines Buddhism as a “science of the mind” (183). What does he mean by this statement? Do other cultures in the text have similar “sciences” of belief?