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The Passion Of The Western Mind: Understanding the Ideas That Have Shaped Our World View

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The Passion of the Western Mind is a complete guide to Western civilisation and the philosophical ideas that have shaped our world view. From Plato to Hegel, from Augustine to Nietzsche, from Copernicus to Freud, Richard Tarnas described profound philosophical concepts simply, but without simplifying them.Ten years in the making, The Passion of the Western Mind was hailed as an instant classic on publication. In it, Tarnas provides a compelling account of the evolution of the Western mind and its changing conception of reality. Advances on several fronts – in philosophy, psychology, religous studies and the history of science – have shed new light on this remarkable evolution and Tarnas draws together these advances to set forth a new perspective for understanding out culture’s intellectual and spiritual history. The result is a complete liberal education in a single volume.

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Weight 0.672 kg
Dimensions 4 × 15.5 × 23.5 cm
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Paperback
Language

Pages

560
Publisher

Year Published

2010-9-2
Imprint

Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom
ISBN 10

184595162X
About The Author

Richard Tarnas, Ph.D., is Distinguished Rockefeller Faculty, Professor of Philosophy and Psychology, at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, and is director of its programme in Philosophy, Cosmology, and Consciousness. A graduate of Harvard University and Saybrook Institute, he was formerly director of programmes and education at Esalen Institute.
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