A Guide for the Perplexed: A Classic Philosophy on the Meaning of Life and Our Place in the World (Harper Perennial Modern Thought)

A Guide for the Perplexed: A Classic Philosophy on the Meaning of Life and Our Place in the World (Harper Perennial Modern Thought)

<p>From one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century, and the author of the international bestseller <em>Small Is Beautiful</em>, the reissue of a timeless treatise on the meaning of living.</p><p>In <em>A Guide for the Perplexed</em>, 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.</p><p>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.</p><p><em>A Guide for the Perplexed</em> teaches us to be our own map makers in following our destined path in life’s journey.</p>