I think the story told of his father, by the polar person ( Inuit?) whose father did not want to go with them to the settlement was a kind way of telling that he preferred to die in the frozen wastes. A human in the polar regions cultures cannot survive without the rest of the tribe. I think the experience of the young shaman who is brought out of the cave to experience everyday reality after 18 years in the darkness, is not only analogous but also contrasting to Plato's idea of the person who is released from the illusions of the cave to experience the light of the actual sun.
+lib mitchell the above comment could not be left at the Wayfinders, WHy Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World Video, so i hope WD told the same stories in this talk.
Can you clarify something for me please? At 27:16, ... he says something ... "not because they were ??? in a ??? sense, but because they were natural philosohers" ... what are the words he says there? I can't quite make it out.
"Sauvage" is vulgar latin for wild or untamed. Perhaps these forest-dwelling people were considered by Wade Davis in a "resilient" sense? Use context clues.
Hey Sonny. He said "Not because they were sauvage in a Rousseauian sense...". He's referring to the 18th century philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, who was the first to popularize the idea of the primordial "noble savage".
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I think the story told of his father, by the polar person ( Inuit?) whose father did not want to go with them to the settlement was a kind way of telling that he preferred to die in the frozen wastes. A human in the polar regions cultures cannot survive without the rest of the tribe.
I think the experience of the young shaman who is brought out of the cave to experience everyday reality after 18 years in the darkness, is not only analogous but also contrasting to Plato's idea of the person who is released from the illusions of the cave to experience the light of the actual sun.
+lib mitchell the above comment could not be left at the Wayfinders, WHy Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World Video, so i hope WD told the same stories in this talk.
starts at 10:10
Can you clarify something for me please? At 27:16, ... he says something ... "not because they were ??? in a ??? sense, but because they were natural philosohers" ... what are the words he says there? I can't quite make it out.
"Sauvage" is vulgar latin for wild or untamed. Perhaps these forest-dwelling people were considered by Wade Davis in a "resilient" sense? Use context clues.
Hey Sonny. He said "Not because they were sauvage in a Rousseauian sense...". He's referring to the 18th century philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, who was the first to popularize the idea of the primordial "noble savage".