Richard Tarnas, "The Passion Of The Western Mind: Understanding the Ideas That Have Shaped Our World View"
Vintage | 2010 | ISBN: 184595162X | English | EPUB | 560 pages | 1.3 MB
Vintage | 2010 | ISBN: 184595162X | English | EPUB | 560 pages | 1.3 MB
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.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Richard Tarnas is a professor of philosophy and cultural history at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, where he founded the graduate program in Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness. He also teaches archetypal studies and depth psychology at Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara. Born in 1950 in Geneva, Switzerland of American parents, he is a graduate of Harvard University and Saybrook Institute. His most recent book, Cosmos and Psyche: Intimations of a New World View, received the Book of the Year Prize from the Scientific and Medical Network in the UK.
"The best intellectual history of the West in one volume I have ever seen."
–Huston Smith, author of The World's Religions
"It is a superb, enthralling book–a masterpiece: as gripping as a detective story; as moving as a poem. Tarnas writes lucidly, brilliantly, passionately, unfolding the great drama of the evolution of the Western mind act by act, scene by scene in precise and scholarly detail."
–Anne Baring, Resurgence
"The most thrilling narrative of the West's 3,000-year odyssey in pursuit of truth accessible to a broad public of which this reviewer is aware. . . . A work of genius."
–Harrison Sheppard, The Hellenic Journal
"The Passion of the Western Mind is as fine an account of the story of the Western mind, in all of its complexity and tensions, as I believe exists anywhere."
–Dale Cannon
Professor of Philosophy,
Western Oregon State College
"One of the most illuminating, satisfying, beautifully written, lucidly argued–and important–books I have ever read."
–Keith Thompson, Utne Reader
"[This] magnificent critical survey . . . allows readers to grasp the big picture of Western culture as if for the first time."
–Patricia Holt, San Francisco Chronicle
"This brilliant classic is essential reading."
–David Lorimer
The Scientific and Medical Network Review
"It is stunning; it is brilliant; it is the single best book of intellectual history–in any field–that I have ever read."
–William Tanksley
Professor of English, Fordham University
–Huston Smith, author of The World's Religions
"It is a superb, enthralling book–a masterpiece: as gripping as a detective story; as moving as a poem. Tarnas writes lucidly, brilliantly, passionately, unfolding the great drama of the evolution of the Western mind act by act, scene by scene in precise and scholarly detail."
–Anne Baring, Resurgence
"The most thrilling narrative of the West's 3,000-year odyssey in pursuit of truth accessible to a broad public of which this reviewer is aware. . . . A work of genius."
–Harrison Sheppard, The Hellenic Journal
"The Passion of the Western Mind is as fine an account of the story of the Western mind, in all of its complexity and tensions, as I believe exists anywhere."
–Dale Cannon
Professor of Philosophy,
Western Oregon State College
"One of the most illuminating, satisfying, beautifully written, lucidly argued–and important–books I have ever read."
–Keith Thompson, Utne Reader
"[This] magnificent critical survey . . . allows readers to grasp the big picture of Western culture as if for the first time."
–Patricia Holt, San Francisco Chronicle
"This brilliant classic is essential reading."
–David Lorimer
The Scientific and Medical Network Review
"It is stunning; it is brilliant; it is the single best book of intellectual history–in any field–that I have ever read."
–William Tanksley
Professor of English, Fordham University