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

The Seekers: The Story of Man's Continuing Quest to Understand His World
ISBN-10
0375704752
ISBN-13
9780375704758
Series
The Seekers
Category
History
Pages
351
Language
English
Published
1999
Publisher
Vintage
Author
Daniel J. Boorstin

Description

Chronicles the human search for meaning and purpose as revealed through the lives and words of Moses, Plato, Machiavelli, Voltaire, Marx, Emerson, Einstein, and other great thinkers

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