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

A "New York Times Notable Book of the Year
From 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.

ISBN 0375704752   DEWEY 909 ISBN13 9780375704758 (What's this?)   Pages 368 Publisher Vintage Books USA   Volumes 1 Imprint VINTAGE BOOKS   Weight (grammes) 272 Format Paperback   Height (mm) 202 Publication date 01 Oct 1999   Width (mm) 135 Library of Congress 98015430

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