The Passion Of The Western Mind

Here are the great minds of Western civilization and their pivotal ideas, from Plato to Hegel, from Augustine to Nietzsche, from Copernicus to Freud. A masterful chronicle of the roots and major flowerings of the Western search for understanding. it's a powerful, multi-layered synthesis that precisely integrates the philosophic, spiritual and scientific dimensions of that search. 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 a complete liberal education in a single volume.