The Seekers: The Story of Man’s Continuing Quest to Understand His World.

BOORSTIN, Daniel J.

$400.00

Item Number: 133115

New York: Random House, 1998.

First edition, early printing of the third and final volume in Boorstin’s “knowledge” trilogy. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, “To Bill Cole- a fellow seeker from Oklahoma- from Daniel J. Boorstin December 3, 1998.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket art: frontispiece plate from William Blake’s Europe: a Prophecy, 1794.

Throughout history, from the time of Socrates to our own modern age, the human race has sought the answers to the fundamental questions of life: Who are we? Why are we here? In his previous national bestsellers, The Discoverers and The Creators, Daniel J. Boorstin first told brilliantly how we discovered the reality of our world, and then he celebrated man's achievements in the arts. He now turns to the great figures in history who sought meaning and purpose in our existence.