The passion of the Western mind: understanding the ideas that have shaped our world view

✍ Scribed by Tarnas, Richard

Publisher: Random House Publishing Group;Ballantine Books
Year: 2011
Tongue: English
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

Here are the great minds of Western civilization and their pivotal ideas, from Plato to Hegel, from Augustine to Nietzsche, from Copernicus to Freud. Richard Tarnas performs the near-miracle of describing profound philosophical concepts simply but without simplifying them. Ten years in the making and already hailed as a classic, The passion of the Western mind is truly a complete liberal education in a single volume.

✦ Table of Contents

The Greek world view --
The transformation of the classical era --
The Christian world view --
The transformation of the medieval era --
The modern world view --
The transformation of the modern era --
Epilogue.

✦ Subjects

PHILOSOPHY--History & Surveys--General;PHILOSOPHY--History & Surveys--Modern;;Consciousness--History;Philosophy--History;Religion and science--History;Philosophy;Religion and science;Civilization, Western;Consciousness;History;Electronic books;Philosophy -- History;Religion and science -- History;Consciousness -- History;PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- General;PHILOSOPHY -- History & Surveys -- Modern

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