A Guide For the Perplexed by E.F. Schumacher (English) Paperback Book

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Schumacher's classic work of philosophy and a statement of the philosophies that underpin his economic masterpiece Small is Beautiful. Schumacher asserts that it is the task of philosophy to provide a map of life and knowledge, which exhibits the most important features of life in their proper prominence.

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A reissue of EF Schumacher's classic work on the fundamental place and purpose of philosophy to celebrate the centenary of his birth.A Guide for the Perplexed is E. F. Schumacher's classic work of philosophy and a statement of the philosophies that underpin his economic masterpiece Small is Beautiful. Schumacher asserts that it is the task of philosophy to provide a map of life and knowledge, which exhibits the most important features of life in their proper prominence.

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E.F. Schumacher argues that philosophy should provide a 'map' of life and knowledge which places the most important aspects of life in their correct prioritised place, and that we have too long depended on science to explain the mysteries of our lives and the universe. Reissue, to tie in with the centenary of his birth.

Author Biography

Before the publication of Small is Beautiful, his bestselling reappraisal of Western economic attitudes, Dr E. F. Schumacher was already well known as an economist, journalist and progressive entrepreneur. Born in Germany, he first came to England in 1930 as a Rhodes Scholar to study economics at New College, Oxford. Later, at the age of twenty-two, he taught economics at Columbia University, New York. As he found theorising without practical experience unsatisfying, he then went into business, farming and journalism. He resumed the academic life for a period at Oxford during the war, afterwards serving as Economic Adviser to the British Control Commission in Germany from 1946 to 1950. In later years, his advice on problems of rural development was sought by many overseas governments. Dr Schumacher was awarded the CBE in 1974. He died in 1977.

Review

A condensation of a vast and refreshingly unorthodox system of ideas -- Arthur Koestler * Observer *Schumacher's arguments are invigorating, provoking, and often dramatic * New Statesman *The most exciting philosophical book for ages * Daily Mail *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... This book is about the different ways in which people may see and the blindness of only seeing in one particular way. * Sunday Telegraph *

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A reissue of EF Schumacher's classic work of philosophy to celebrate the centenary of his birth.

Kirkus US Review

Under Maimonides' title, Schumacher expands on the patchwork religious-philosophical elements in his earlier Small Is Beautiful. Drawing on Scholasticism, Eastern religions, and yoga, he enumerates four "Levels of Being" - mineral, vegetable, animal, and human - and four "Fields of Knowledge" relating to the internal and external aspects of the self and others. Contending that modern philosophy and science, or, collectively, "Scientism," deal only with the lowest Level of Being, the mineral, and with external appearances, Schumacher argues that meaningful knowledge (Wisdom) can only be attained through self-awareness, which transcends consciousness (the attribute of the highest, human Level of Being). Schumacher views human life as consisting of problems which are not amenable to the simple technical solutions of scientism, and which can only be dealt with by Wisdom (ecology is an example) - hence the title. Like all works that attempt to describe mystical experiences or knowledge, this book lacks the concrete theoretical elaboration that allows for the transfer of that knowledge - we have to take Schumacher's word for it because he cannot describe "it." The argument for Faith ultimately rests on Faith itself. (Kirkus Reviews)

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A condensation of a vast and refreshingly unorthodox system of ideas

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A condensation of a vast and refreshingly unorthodox system of ideas

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A reissue of EF Schumacher's classic work on the fundamental place and purpose of philosophy to celebrate the centenary of his birth.

Details ISBN0099480212 Author E.F. Schumacher Year 1995 ISBN-10 0099480212 ISBN-13 9780099480211 Format Paperback Publication Date 1995-10-19 Imprint Vintage Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 121 Death 1977 Media Book Pages 192 Language English Publisher Vintage Publishing UK Release Date 1995-10-19 AU Release Date 1995-10-19 NZ Release Date 1995-10-19 Translator Robert Chandler Edited by Ana Sofia Ribeiro Birth 1970 Affiliation Research Scholar, Amal Jyothi Centre for Nanoscience and Technology, Kerala, India Position Author Qualifications PhD Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this

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