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Product Identifiers
PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
ISBN-100345368096
ISBN-139780345368096
eBay Product ID (ePID)146556
Product Key Features
Book TitlePassion of the Western Mind : Understanding the Ideas That Have Shaped Our World View
Number of Pages560 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicCivilization, Epistemology, Reference, Ethics & Moral Philosophy, History & Surveys / Modern
Publication Year1993
GenrePhilosophy, History
AuthorRichard Tarnas
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight21 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition20
Reviews"No other such overview provides, in equal compass, as clear and cogent a survey. Its scholarship is impeccable....For its length it is the best intellectual history of the West I have ever seen." --Huston Smith, Graduate Theological Union at Berkeley "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."--Joseph Campbell
Dewey Decimal190
Synopsis"[This] magnificent critical survey, with its inherent respect for both the 'Westt's mainstream high culture' and the 'radically changing world' of the 1990s, offers a new breakthrough for lay and 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 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 WESERN MIND is truly a complete liberal education in a single volume., " This] magnificent critical survey, with its inherent respect for both the 'Westt's mainstream high culture' and the 'radically changing world' of the 1990s, offers a new breakthrough for lay and 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 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 WESERN MIND is truly a complete liberal education in a single volume.