The Seekers 探索者:人类寻求理解其世界的历史

作者：  Daniel J. Boorstin 编

出版社：Random House US 1999-10-1

简介：　　A New York Times Notable Book of the Year　　From the author of The Discoverers and The Creators, anincomparable history of man's essential questions: "Who are we?"and "Why are we here?"　　Daniel J. Boorstin, the bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winningauthor of The Americans, introduces us to some of the greatpioneering seekers whose faith and thought have for centuries ledman's search for meaning.　　Moses sought truth in God above while Sophocles looked toreason. Thomas More and Machiavelli pursued truth through socialchange. And in the modern age, Marx and Einstein found meaning inthe sciences. In this epic intellectual adventure story, Boorstinfollows the great seekers from the heroic age of prophets andphilosophers to the present age of skepticism as they grapple withthe great questions that have always challenged man.