{"product_id":"a-guide-for-the-perplexed-isbn-9780062414816","title":"A Guide for the Perplexed","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“A condensation of a vast and refreshingly unorthodox system of ideas.” —  Arthur Koestler, Observer\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom one of the most influential thinkers of the 20th century, and the author of the international bestseller \u003cem\u003eSmall Is Beautiful\u003c\/em\u003e, the reissue of a timeless treatise on the meaning of living.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eA Guide for the Perplexed\u003c\/em\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSchumacher 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Guide for the Perplexed\u003c\/em\u003e teaches us to be our own map makers in following our destined path in life’s journey.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eAn inspired critique of modern materialistic values and a road map for achieving one's true, higher potential from \"one of the wisest minds of our time.\"*\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is what my life has been leading to,\" said the maverick economist E. F. Schumacher upon completing \u003cem\u003eA Guide for the Perplexed\u003c\/em\u003e, his summation of a lifetime of wisdom. The author of the classic \u003cem\u003eSmall Is Beautiful\u003c\/em\u003e, the \"eco bible\" (\u003cem\u003eTime\u003c\/em\u003e) named one of the \u003cem\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e's 100 Most Influential Books Since World War II, Schumacher charts the failings of \"materialistic scientism,\" the system of thought that dominates the developed world and which Schumacher charges with narrowing the horizons of human experience. Instead, he seeks to offer a new, far more expansive \"map for living\" that liberates our goals beyond the constraints of logic and inspires in us the faith to choose a life of higher significance. \"Our ordinary mind always tries to persuade us that we are nothing but acorns,\" he writes, \"but that is of interest only to pigs. Our faith gives us something much better: that we can become oak trees.\"\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“A harvest of utterly insane, consoling, and life-affirming insight… an unapologetic defense of traditional Christian humanism.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eA Guide for the Perplexed\u003c\/em\u003e deserves wide reading. It deserves in fact a Place in the college curriculum, as a text for introductory courses in philosophy....It does as much for the defense of traditional civilizational values as C.S. Lewis’s The Abolition of Man did in the last generation, and it does so on a metaphysical foundation.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGreensboro Daily News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A Guide for the Perplexed is really a statement of the philosophical underpinnings that inform Small is Beautiful. Those who have read neither book should be wise to read the latest book first. Those who have read Small is Beautiful will benefit from careful reading of this new book. Its impact may be less immediate, but perhaps more substantial and lasting.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A condensation of a vast and refreshingly unorthodox system of ideas.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eArthur Koestler, Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The most exciting philosophical book for ages.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Mail (London)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“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. ... People may see the blindness of only seeing in one particular way.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Nothing less than a Manual for Survival, concerned... with the full realization of human potential.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eA Guide for the Perplexed\u003c\/em\u003e offers us a harvest of utterly sane, consoling, and life-affirming insight from one of the wisest minds of our time.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTheodore Roszak, Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44888323653861,"sku":"NP9780062414816","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780062414816.jpg?v=1730228831","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/a-guide-for-the-perplexed-isbn-9780062414816","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}