A Guide For the Perplexed

A Guide For the Perplexed

Summary

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.

Reviews

  • A condensation of a vast and refreshingly unorthodox system of ideas
    Arthur Koestler, Observer

About the author

E F Schumacher

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