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.
- ISBN10 0679434453
- ISBN13 9780679434450
- Publish Date 1 September 1998 (first published 1 January 1998)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 13 December 2008
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Random House USA Inc
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 309
- Language English