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The Seekers

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? The Seekers in history of our great Western heritage of ideas, told through the lives of the speakers who still speak to us: from Moses and Aristotle and Plato through Thucydides, Thomas Moore, Machiavelli, and Voltaire to Karl Marx, Carlyle, Emerson, and Einstein -- to mention only a few.

Daniel Boorstin once again shows that his ability to present challenging ideas, coupled with sharp portraits of great writers and thinkers, remains unparalleled.

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Title of ebook: The Seekers
ISBN: 9780679462705
parent-ISBN: 9780679434450
Publisher: Random House
Published: 09-2000
Released online for download: 09-01-2000
Author of eBook: Boorstin, Daniel J.

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Contents

A Personal Note to the Reader.....................................xiii BOOK ONE: AN ANCIENT HERITAGE PART I. THE WAY OF PROPHETS: A HIGHER AUTHORITY 1. From Seer to Prophet: Moses' Test of Obedience................5 2. A Covenanting God: Isaiah's Test of Faith.....................8 3. Struggles of the Believer: Job...............................11 4. A World Self-Explained: Evil in the East.....................14 PART II. THE WAY OF PHILOSOPHERS: A WONDROUS INSTRUMENT WITHIN 5. Socrates' Discovery of Ignorance.............................21 6. The Life in the Spoken Word..................................33 7. Plato's Other-World of Ideas.................................37 8. Paths to Utopia: Virtues Writ Large..........................43 9. Aristotle: An Outsider in Athens.............................47 10. On Paths of Common Sense....................................51 11. Aristotle's God for a Changeful World.......................57 PART III. THE CHRISTIAN WAY: EXPERIMENTS IN COMMUNITY 12. Fellowship of the Faithful: The Church......................63 13. Islands of Faith: Monasteries............... ... read full excerpt from: The Seekers ebook

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