A Guide for the Perplexed
Language: English
Published by HarperCollins Publishers Inc, 1978
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A condensation of a vast and refreshingly unorthodox system of ideas. -- Arthur Koestler, ObserverFrom one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century, and the author of the international bestseller Small Is Beautiful, the reissue of a timeless treatise on the meaning of living.In A Guide for the Perplexed, bestselling author E. F. Schumacher explores our relation to the world: our obligations--to other people, to the earth, to progress and technology, but most importantly to ourselves. If man can fulfill these obligations, then and only then can he enjoy a truly authentic relationship with the world--and truly know the meaning of living.Schumacher argues that we need maps: a map of knowledge and a map of living. The concern of the mapmaker is to find for everything its proper place. For things out of place tend to get lost; they become invisible and their proper places are filled by other things that should not be there at all and therefore serve to mislead.A Guide for the Perplexed teaches us to be our own map makers in following our destined path in life's journey.…
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- Title
- A Guide for the Perplexed
- Author
- Ef Schumacher
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Publication year
- 1978
- Condition
- Fair
- Binding
- Hardback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0060906111
- ISBN 13
- 9780060906115
The author of the world wide best-seller, Small Is Beautiful, now tackles the subject of Man, the World, and the Meaning of Living. Schumacher writes about man's relation to the world. man has obligations -- to other men, to the earth, to progress and technology, but most importantly himself. If man can fulfill these obligations, then and only then can he enjoy a real relationship with the world, then and only then can he know the meaning of living.
Schumacher says we need maps: a "map of knowledge" and a "map of living." The concern of the mapmaker--in this instance, Schumacher--is to find for everything it's proper place. Things out of place tend to get lost; they become invisible and there proper places end to be filled by other things that ought not be there at all and therefore serve to mislead.
A Guide for the Perplexed teaches us to be our own map makers. This constantly surprising, always stimulating book will be welcomed by a large audience, including the many new fans who believe strongly in what Schumacher has to say.
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"A condensation of a vast and refreshingly unorthodox system of ideas" (Arthur Koestler Observer)
"Schumacher's arguments are invigorating, provoking, and often dramatic" ( New Statesman)
"The most exciting philosophical book for ages" ( Daily Mail)
"There is a rich store of wisdom and understanding, embedded in the religions of East and West, which our dangerous preoccupation with science has scanted and ignored... This book is about the different ways in which people may see and the blindness of only seeing in one particular way." ( Sunday Telegraph)
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