Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext The Passion of the Western Mind is a complete guide to Western civilisation and the philosophical ideas that have shaped our world view. Zusammenfassung The Passion of the Western Mind is a complete guide to Western civilisation and the philosophical ideas that have shaped our world view.

Vorwort
'The most lucid and concise presentation of Western thought. The writing is elegant and carries the reader with the momentum of a novel... A noble performance' - Joseph Campbell

Klappentext

The Passion of the Western Mind is a complete guide to Western civilisation and the philosophical ideas that have shaped our world view.