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An Unknown World: Notes on the Meaning of the Earth Hardcover - 2012
by Needleman, Jacob
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- Title An Unknown World: Notes on the Meaning of the Earth
- Author Needleman, Jacob
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 219
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Tarcher
- Date 2012
- Bookseller's Inventory # G1585429015I3N00
- ISBN 9781585429011 / 1585429015
- Weight 0.65 lbs (0.29 kg)
- Dimensions 7.2 x 5 x 1 in (18.29 x 12.70 x 2.54 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Earth - Philosophy
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012023955
- Dewey Decimal Code 113
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Summary
What is the purpose of life on Earth? Philosopher Jacob Needleman frames man's role on the planet in a completely new and fresh way, moving beyond the usual environmental concerns to reveal how the care and maintenance of a world is something vital and basic to our existence as authentic human beings.
In some of his most deeply affecting writing, Needleman draws on his childhood experiences with a terminally ill friend whose impending death forces the young boys to face questions of the meaning of existence at an early age—questions that Needleman carried with him in his explorations of science and philosophy throughout his career as a scholar of religions. The conclusions that he reaches will give all of us a new sense of the purpose of our lives and the planet we live on.