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The Passion of the Western Mind: Understanding the Ideas that Have Shaped Our World View
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Author: Richard Tarnas
Title: The Passion of the Western Mind: Understanding the Ideas that Have Shaped Our World View
Binding: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 560
Release Date: 1993-03-16
Details: "The most lucid and concise presentation I have read, of the grand lines of what every student should know about the history of Western thought. The writing is elegant and carries the reader with the momentum of a novel... It is really a noble performance."--Joseph Campbell,
author of The Hero with a Thousand FacesHere 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.
EAN: 9780345368096
Package Dimensions: Height: 9.17 Inches, Length: 6.06 Inches, Weight: 1.15 Pounds, Width: 1.14 Inches
Languages: en
