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The Seekers: The Story of Man's Continuing Quest to Understand His World

By Daniel J. Boorstin

Book information

Publisher
Vintage
Year
1999
ISBN
0375704752, 9780375704758
Open Library ID
OL7426297M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
21 MB (22045467 bytes)
Edition
Vintage Books ed
Pages
312\312
Orientation
no
Scanned
yes
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

A New York Times Notable Book of the YearFrom the author of The Discoverers and The Creators, an incomparable history of man's essential questions: "Who are we?" and "Why are we here?"Daniel J. Boorstin, the bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Americans, introduces us to some of the great pioneering seekers whose faith and thought have for centuries led man's search for meaning.Moses sought truth in God above while Sophocles looked to reason. Thomas More and Machiavelli pursued truth through social change. And in the modern age, Marx and Einstein found meaning in the sciences. In this epic intellectual adventure story, Boorstin follows the great seekers from the heroic age of prophets and philosophers to the present age of skepticism as they grapple with the great questions that have always challenged man.

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