Meetings with Remarkable Men, G.I. Gurdjieff's 1963 semi-autobiographical account of his spiritual search, published by E.P. Dutton in New York and Routledge and Kegan Paul in London, is the primary narrative source for Gurdjieff's own account of his formative travels. Its strength is that it is the founder's own text, a direct record of how Gurdjieff presented his own story. Its limit is that Gurdjieff himself and later scholars have treated much of its narrative as allegorical or embellished rather than literal biography, so it should not be read as verified history.
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Reliability tier 2: the founder's own primary narrative text, a direct record of how he presented his own story, its account treated by Gurdjieff himself and later scholars as allegorical or embellished rather than literal biography. NotesG. I. Gurdjieff's own semi-autobiographical account of his spiritual search, 1963; a founder's own text, not independent scholarly analysis.
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AuthorG. I. Gurdjieff
PublisherE. P. Dutton, New York; Routledge and Kegan Paul, London
Both simultaneous 1963 first editions. Publication Year1963
Source Typeprimary-text
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