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- catalog abstract ""Throughout history, from the time of Socrates to our own modern age, the human race has sought the answers to fundamental questions of life: Who are we? Why are we here?" "Boorstin says our Western culture has seen three grand epics of Seeking. First there was the heroic way of prophets and philosophers - men like Moses or Job or Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, as well as those in the communities of the early church universities and the Protestant Reformation - seeking salvation or truth from the god above or the reason within each of us." "Then came an age of communal seeking, with people like Thucydides and Thomas More and Machiavelli and Voltaire pursuing civilization and the liberal spirit." "Finally, there was an age of the social sciences, when man seemed ruled by the forces of history. Here are the absorbing stories of exceptional men such as Marx, Spengler, and Toynbee, Carlyle and Emerson, and Malraux, Bergson, and Einstein." "These great thinkers still have the power to speak to us, not always so much for their answers as for their way of asking the questions that never cease either to intrigue or to obsess us."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b10922373.
- catalog created "c1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "c1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1998.".
- catalog description ""Throughout history, from the time of Socrates to our own modern age, the human race has sought the answers to fundamental questions of life: Who are we? Why are we here?" "Boorstin says our Western culture has seen three grand epics of Seeking. First there was the heroic way of prophets and philosophers - men like Moses or Job or Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, as well as those in the communities of the early church universities and the Protestant Reformation - seeking salvation or truth from the god above or the reason within each of us." "Then came an age of communal seeking, with people like Thucydides and Thomas More and Machiavelli and Voltaire pursuing civilization and the liberal spirit." "Finally, there was an age of the social sciences, when man seemed ruled by the forces of history. Here are the absorbing stories of exceptional men such as Marx, Spengler, and Toynbee, Carlyle and Emerson, and Malraux, Bergson, and Einstein." "These great thinkers still have the power to speak to us, not always so much for their answers as for their way of asking the questions that never cease either to intrigue or to obsess us."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Bk. 1. An Ancient Heritage. pt. I. The Way of Prophets: A Higher Authority. 1. From Seer to Prophet: Moses' Test of Obedience. 2. A Covenanting God: Isaiah's Test of Faith. 3. Struggles of the Believer: Job. 4. A World Self-Explained: Evil in the East. pt. II. The Way of Philosophers: A Wondrous Instrument Within. 5. Socrates' Discovery of Ignorance. 6. The Life in the Spoken Word. 7. Plato's Other-World of Ideas. 8. Paths to Utopia: Virtues Writ Large. 9. Aristotle: An Outsider in Athens. 10. On Paths of Common Sense. 11. Aristotle's God for a Changeful World. pt. III. The Christian Way: Experiments in Community. 12. Fellowship of the Faithful: The Church. 13. Islands of Faith: Monasteries. 14. The Way of Disputation: Universities.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "298 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Seekers.".
- catalog identifier "0679434453".
- catalog isFormatOf "Seekers.".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "c1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Random House,".
- catalog relation "Seekers.".
- catalog subject "909 21".
- catalog subject "CB151 .B66 1998".
- catalog subject "Civilization History.".
- catalog subject "Civilization.".
- catalog subject "Meaning (Philosophy) History.".
- catalog subject "Meaning (Philosophy) Religious aspects History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Bk. 1. An Ancient Heritage. pt. I. The Way of Prophets: A Higher Authority. 1. From Seer to Prophet: Moses' Test of Obedience. 2. A Covenanting God: Isaiah's Test of Faith. 3. Struggles of the Believer: Job. 4. A World Self-Explained: Evil in the East. pt. II. The Way of Philosophers: A Wondrous Instrument Within. 5. Socrates' Discovery of Ignorance. 6. The Life in the Spoken Word. 7. Plato's Other-World of Ideas. 8. Paths to Utopia: Virtues Writ Large. 9. Aristotle: An Outsider in Athens. 10. On Paths of Common Sense. 11. Aristotle's God for a Changeful World. pt. III. The Christian Way: Experiments in Community. 12. Fellowship of the Faithful: The Church. 13. Islands of Faith: Monasteries. 14. The Way of Disputation: Universities.".
- catalog title "The seekers : the story of man's continuing quest to understand his world / Daniel J. Boorstin.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".