A Guide for the Perplexed (Harper Perennial Modern Thought)

Schumacher, E. F.

ISBN 10: 006241481X / ISBN 13: 9780062414816

Edité par Harper Perennial, 2015

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Trade Paperback with only minor reading wear; book is clean, unmarked. In stock. Ships from MN, USA.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: A Guide for the Perplexed (Harper Perennial Modern Thought)
• Éditeur: Harper Perennial
• Date de parution: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 006241481X
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780062414816
• Reliure: Soft cover
• État de l'article: Very Good
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Philosophy

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Synopsis

“A condensation of a vast and refreshingly unorthodox system of ideas.” —  Arthur Koestler, Observer

From 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.

À propos de l?auteur

Born in Germany, Dr. E. F. Schumacher (1911–1977) fled to England after the rise of Nazism and, with the help of John Maynard Keynes, taught economics at Oxford University. He is the author of Small Is Beautiful, the book that "changed the way many people think about bigness and its human cost" (New York Times).