Book description
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.
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.
