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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 10/26/1999
ISBN: 9780375704758
Pages: 368
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 7.94h x 5.32w x 0.76d

Review Citations: New York Times 11/07/1999 pg. 42
New York Times 12/05/1999 pg. 105