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The Seekers: The Story of Man's Continuing Quest to Understand His World
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 909
EAN: 9780375704758
Edition: Vintage Books Ed
ISBN: 0375704752
Label: Vintage
Manufacturer: Vintage
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 368
Publication Date: October 26, 1999
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date: October 26, 1999
Studio: Vintage
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Editorial Review:
Renowned historian Daniel J. Boorstin completes the trilogy he began with The Discoverers and The Creators. The first volume covered explorers, scientists, and historians in their quest for raw knowledge, while the second book describes writers, painters, and composers in their pursuit of inspiring art; The Seekers describes people searching for an understanding of human existence--"Man is the asking animal," notes Boorstin. It's a big, bold theme, and although The Seekers is the shortest work in the trilogy, it's still vintage Boorstin: incredibly learned, richly anecdotal, and casually profound. It begins with the prophets of the Holy Land and the philosophers of ancient Greece, continues through the Renaissance, and concludes with the modern era of the social sciences. "In this long quest [for understanding], Western culture has turned from seeking the end or purpose to seeking causes--from the Why to the How," writes Boorstin. That's a neat summary of Western intellectual development over several thousand years. What other author could put it so succinctly? Boorstin is generally stronger with material that is more recent and more secular, but this is an accomplished book and a worthy capstone to an outstanding three-volume effort. --John J. Miller
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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Rating:  - Enjoy the ride
This books completes the excellent trilogy by Boorstin on the adventure of knowledge. "The Creators" tells us the saga of imagination and creativity. "The Discoverers" tells the story of curiosity and the thirst for adventure, the eagerness to know. And "The Seekers" talks about Man's permanent struggle to understand his world. Religion and philosophy have tried to find definitive answers to basic questions. As in his other books, this one is written with the easiness and amenity characteristic of ... Read More
Rating: - Magesterial historian of science
I actually purchased these volumes for a friend, having read them some time ago. History of science at its best.
Rating:  - OH
The Seekers by Daniel J. Boorstin
`The story of Man's Counting Quest to Understand His World'
We all have this question, who am I? Where am I? What is the world? We use our eyes to see the world, we use our mind to observe the world, and try to find the meaning of life. Generation to generation, our ancient give us some ways to get closer the wisdom. This book `the seekers' is a story of civilization. Other than seriously academic research, Daniel introduces you an easy and funny ... Read More
Rating: - OH
The Seekers by Daniel J. Boorstin
`The story of Man's Counting Quest to Understand His World'
We all have this question, who am I? Where am I? What is the world? We use our eyes to see the world, we use our mind to observe the world, and try to find the meaning of life. Generation to generation, our ancient give us some ways to get closer the wisdom. This book `the seekers' is a story of civilization. Other than seriously academic research, Daniel introduces you an easy and funny ... Read More
Rating:  - Not About seeking the meaning of life
I thought this book would lend insight into humanity's quest to understand the meaning of life but it doesn't do this. There are some tiny allusions to this but for the most part the book is about some of the larger figures in history (from Socrates to Kant)and how their search for meaning in their lives had an impact on the flow of civilization.
One interesting insight that is shown but never said is how each person was driven to his view of our world based on what situation the world was ... Read More
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