Meetings with Remarkable Men by Gurdjieff, G. I - 1974

Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1974. Reprint. Paperback. Very Good Condition. The book takes the form of Gurdjieff's reminiscences about various "remarkable men" that he met, beginning with his father. They include the Armenian priest Pogossian; his friend Soloviev, and Prince Lubovedsky, a Russian prince with metaphysical interests.In the course of describing these characters, Gurdjieff weaves their stories into the story of his own travels, and also into an overarching narrative which has them cooperate in locating spiritual texts and/or masters in various lands (mostly Central Asia). Gurdjieff calls this group the "Seekers of Truth". Most of them do in fact find truth in the form of some suitable spiritual destiny. The underlying philosophy, especially as articulated in an appendix, amounts to the assertion that people generally live their lives asleep, are unconscious of themselves and, accordingly, behave like machines subject to outside causes and pressures.… Read More

London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1974. Paperback, 22 cm, 303 pp. Book block half loose in its cover and some foxing. Cond.: goed / good. ISBN: 0710070322. .