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The Passion of the Western Mind: Understanding the Ideas that Have Shaped Our World View

The Passion of the Western Mind: Understanding the Ideas that Have Shaped Our World View

by Richard Tarnas
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"[This] magnificent critical survey, with its inherent respect for both the 'Westt's mainstream high culture' & the 'radically changing world' of the 1990s, offers a new breakthrough for lay & scholarly readers alike...Allows readers to grasp the big picture of Western culture for the first time".-- SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE Here are the great minds of Western civilization & 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 & already hailed as a classic, THE PASSION OF THE WESERN MIND is truly a complete liberal education in a single volume.

Book Details

ISBN13 9780345368096
ISBN10 0345368096
Series/Work OL3500789W View on OpenLibrary
Publisher Ballantine Books (NY)
Pages 544
Language ENG
Created At January 30, 2025
Updated At January 30, 2025
Last OL update January 18, 2025

Subjects

Civilisation occidentale Civilization Civilization, Western Conscience Consciousness Filosofie Geistesgeschichte Geschichte Histoire History Ideeëngeschiedenis Philosophie Philosophy Philosophy, modern Religion and science Religion et sciences Western Civilization

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