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Wade DavisThe Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World
Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2009A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Essay Topics
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Is there a difference between wisdom and science? Explain with references from the text.
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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?
