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The Passion of the Western Mind: Understanding the Ideas that Have Shaped Our World View
by Tarnas, Richard
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U.S.A.: Ballantine Books, 1993. Soft cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Bookplate and small owner stamp.This magnificent critical survey, with its inherent respect for both the Wests 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.
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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.
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- Title
- The Passion of the Western Mind: Understanding the Ideas that Have Shaped Our World View
- Author
- Tarnas, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- New
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- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0345368096
- ISBN 13
- 9780345368096
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books
- Place of Publication
- U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1993
- Pages
- 560
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
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