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The Seekers: The Story of Man's Continuing Quest to Understand His World (1992)

di Daniel Boorstin

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"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."--BOOK JACKET.… (altro)
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    The Discoverers: A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himself di Daniel Boorstin (John_Vaughan)
    John_Vaughan: Daniel Boorstin is an eminently readable author and historian; his trilogies construct a solid understanding of the subject he writes about.
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I read the Discoverers, the first book of Boorstin’s series several years ago (or maybe decades ago 😊.). I’m not sure why I waited so long to read another book of his series. The Seekers is the third and final book of the series (I plan on reading The Creators, the second book in the series, in the very near future.). I found the work to be a beautifully written and organized set of chapters, relating a hand picked set of “Seekers” (Individuals in their quest of understanding their world) and their individual points of view. With this read you not only learn of individual lives, but also the context and the world of their times. If you enjoy reading of the history of the Western view, this is a great one to start with. ( )
  stevetempo | Aug 13, 2023 |
Really good at giving a brief look at the philosophy of those from the Classical period up through the Enlightenment. After that, he kind of lost me. As the philosophy became more complicated, so did the explanation. And he didn't really even try on Existentialism. Overall, very good book with concise to-the-point information on philosophy and philosophers throughout the ages. ( )
  AliceAnna | Oct 22, 2014 |
What makes this book unique (and an uniquely excellent read) from among the many intellectual histories out there is the perspective from which Boorstin approaches his subjects and the aspect of his various subjects which he focuses on. Rather than looking, as most intellectual histories do, at what the conclusions, ideas, and dogmas of their various subjects are, Boorstin instead examines the act of seeking itself. In the process, he introduces us to the means of seeking answers to life's greatest questions as they have been applied by some of the greatest seekers of history, from biblical figures like Job to Greek philosophers like Plato to modern day scientists like Albert Einstein. Boorstin's work is a masterpiece of appreciation for the amazing capacities of the human mind and the restless nature of the human spirit. His book is a paean to humanity. ( )
  davidpwithun | Sep 16, 2011 |
Had I only had this book when I was first introduced to the "seekers" described here, even starting with those early years when we were first learning about the Bible. I can't believe I spent an entire year in high school on Virgil (Dido is the only thing I remember...woman scorned was a topic to grab a teenage girl) with no concept of the context.

But then, I probably would not have appreciated this. Now at an advanced age I can go back and put my education together with this excellent book. Everyone should read it, really.

As one Amazon reviewer observed
"This brief history of western seeking will, I believe, provide me with a roadmap that will inform my reading selections for years to come. " ( )
  carterchristian1 | Apr 30, 2010 |
Daniel Boorstin: De zoekende mens: Grote denkers uit de westerse geschiedenis: Vertaling Paul Syrier: 2001: Eerste Engelse druk 1998: 393 blz: De Arbeiderspers

"De zoekende mens" is het derde deel van een trilogie die verder bestaat uit "De ontdekkers" en "De scheppende mens". In dit derde deel behandelt Boorstin allerlei denkers met name veel politieke filosofen. Dit boek is bij lange na niet zo onderhoudend als zijn 2 voorgangers. Er worden geen redenen gegeven waarom bepaalde personen wel besproken worden en anderen niet. Verder krijgt iedere denker maar een klein stukje tekst, waar je meestal ook niet veel wijzer van wordt. Kortom, zelfs voor diegenen die de eerste 2 delen gelezen hebben, een afrader.

Uitgelezen: donderdag 2 januari 2003, Waardering: * ( )
  erikscheffers | Sep 3, 2009 |
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We have a common sky. A common firmament encompasses us. What matters it by what kind of learned theory each man looketh for the truth? There is no one way that will take us to so mighty a secret. -SYMMACHUS, ON REPLACING THE STATUE OF VICTORY IN THE ROMAN FORUM, A.D. 384 (Book One, An Ancient Heritage)
When we do science, we are pantheists; when we do poetry, we are polytheists; when we moralize we are monotheists. -GOETHE, MAXIMS AND REFELCTIONS
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Caught between two eternities—the vanished past and the unknown future—we never cease to seek our bearings and our sense of direction. (A Personal Note to the Reader)
Great Seekers never become obsolete. (Book One, An Ancient Heritage)
The future has always been the great treasure-house of meaning. (Chapter 1, From Seer to Prophet: Moses' Test of Obedience)
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"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."--BOOK JACKET.

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