- Hardcover: 125 pages
- Publisher: Harmony (July 20 1991)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0517577909
- ISBN-13: 978-0517577905
- Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 16 x 4.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 980 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (43 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #369,320 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
As Tarnas charts the development of Western thought from the ancient Greeks' "archaic mythological consciousness" to Stanislav Grof's depth psychology, which "ratifies Jung's archetypal perspective on a new level," interactions among religion, science and philosophy continuously emerge. Former director of education at Esalen Institute, the author identifies such signposts in this evolutionary process as the Greek Sophists' systematic doubting of belief, the Platonic revival of the Renaissance and modern philosophy's "transfer of allegiance from religion to science." Exposing the "pervasive masculinity" of the West's spiritual, cultural and scientific traditions, Tarnas maintains that a "reintegration of the repressed feminine" is now possible. An intellectual adventure, this challenging synthesis throws a sharp light on ideas central to the modern outlook.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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"No other such overview provides, in equal compass, as clear and cogent a survey. Its scholarship is impeccable....For its length it is the best intellectual history of the West I have ever seen." --Huston Smith, Graduate Theological Union at Berkeley
"The most lucid and concise presentation I have read of the grand lines of what every student should know about the history of Western thought."--Joseph Campbell --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
"The most lucid and concise presentation I have read of the grand lines of what every student should know about the history of Western thought."--Joseph Campbell --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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To approach what was distinctive in a vision as complex and protean as that of the Greeks, let us begin by examining one of its most striking characteristics-a sustained, highly diversified tendency to interpret the world in terms of archetypal principles. Read the first page
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent intellectual history of west,
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This review is from: Passion of the Western Mind (Paperback)
This book is an excellent text on history of ideas, which have shaped western world. Starting from classical (greece) the book takes you through how christianity evolved and what impact classical thought and Rome had on development of christian world-view (and vice-versa). And then author traces the development of modern and postmodern world-views, taking one through renaissance, reformation and scientific revolutions.It doesn't go in too much depth for any single idea/person, so if you want to know about Kant in detail, you will have to refer to some other work, but here you would get a good overall picture of what he was talking about, what problem he was trying to solve and what was his impact. This book would in my top-10 list to recommend to anyone who is interested in history of western world.
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An engaging survey of Western thought,
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This review is from: Passion of the Western Mind (Paperback)
This engaging summary propels readers through the epic story of how Western thought has evolved through the centuries. If you are new to philosophy, you will find that this book gives a lucid overview of subjects ranging from the early Greeks through the evolution of Christian thought, and proceeding onward through the Renaissance and the Scientific Revolution to current-day Postmodernism. This book gives many insights on the context underlying current-day views and assumptions about man's place in the universe. If you seek answers to existential questions or religious uncertainties, you may find the Epilogue wanting, but the book as a whole will intrigue you.
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This is a work of paradox.,
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This review is from: Passion of the Western Mind (Paperback)
Tarnis's treatment of part III & IV are commendable, for the accuracy of historical facts, and for the scope of subjects covered. The last part, Epilogue, is something else entirely, full of subjective arguments for unsupported ideas.( mainly depth psychology studied on drug-induced subjects) The last time I found something about him on the internet, he was talking about aligning of planets as the cause of 9-11 tragedy. It is mind-boggling even to think of someone, of his intellectual capacity, being lured into astrology.
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