Jacob Needleman and David Appelbaum, editors
 
The premise of this anthology is that hunger for meaning is our primary motive force as human beings.
 
“It is only in addressing the huge, fundamental questions such as ‘who am I’, ‘why death’ and the like that humankind finds itself capable of withstanding the worst and abiding in the best.”
 
Excerpts from Heraclitus, Chuang Tzu, the Upanishads, Rilke, and many other religious sources, philosophers, writers, and poets illustrate the traditional human values we need to reclaim as individuals, according to Needleman and Appelbaum.
 
A valuable book which is now out of print.  Copies are in excellent condition with some shelf wear.