New York: E. P. Dutton. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1963. First English Edition. Hardcover. A couple pages tanned by newspaper clipping; jacket has light wear; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 303 pages .

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Meetings with Remarkable Men , G. I. Gurdjieff’s autobiographical account of his youth and early travels, has become something of a legend since it was first published in 1963. A compulsive “read” in the tradition of adventure narratives, but suffused with Gurdjieff’s unique perspective on life, it is organized around portraits of remarkable men and women who aided Gurdjieff’s search for hidden knowledge or accompanied him on his journeys in remote parts of the Near East and Central Asia. This is a book of lives, not doctrines, although readers will long value Gurdjieff’s accounts of conversations with sages. Meetings conveys a haunting sense of what it means to live fully—with conscience, with purpose, and with heart. Among the remarkable individuals whom the reader will come to know are Gurdjieff’s father (a traditional bard), a Russian prince dedicated to the search for Truth, a Christian missionary who entered a World Brotherhood deep in Asia, and a woman who escaped white slavery to become a trusted member of Gurdjieff’s group of fellow seekers. Gurdjieff’s account of their attitudes in the face of external challenges and in the search to understand the mysteries of life is the real substance of this classic work.

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Bookseller: T. A. Borden Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 57663
Title: Meetings with Remarkable Men
Author: Gurdjieff, G. I
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket
Edition: First English Edition
Publisher: E. P. Dutton
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1963
Keywords: Philosophy

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