The passion of the Western mind : understanding the ideas that have shaped our world view /
Tarnas, Richard
The passion of the Western mind : understanding the ideas that have shaped our world view / Richard Tarnas. - New York : Ballantine Books, c1991. - xiv, 544 p.; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p.[493]-511) and index.
Contents: I. The Greek world view: The archetypal forms-- Ideas and gods-- The evolution of the Greek Mind from Homer to Plato-- The philosopher's quest and the universal mind-- The problem of the planets-- Aristotle and the Greek balance-- The dual legacy II. The transformation of the classical era: Crosscurrents of the hellenistic matrix-- The emergence of Christianity III. The Christian world view: Judaic monotheism and the divinization of history-- Classical elements and the platonic inheritance-- The conversion of pagan mind--Contraries within the Christian vision-- Exultant Christianity-- Dualistic Christianity-- Further contraries and the Augustinian legacy-- The Holy Spirit and its vicissitudes-- Rome and Catholicism-- A virgin Mary and the mother church-- A summing up IV. The transformation of the medieval era: The scholastic awakening-- The quest of Thomas Aquinas-- Further developments in the high middle ages-- Critical scholasticism and Ockham's razor-- The rebirth of classical humanism-- At the threshold V. The modern world view: The renaissance-- The reformation-- The scientific revolution-- The philosophical revolution-- Foundations of modern world view-- Ancients and moderns-- The triumph of secularism VI. The transformation of the modern era: The changing image of the human from Copernicus though Freud-- The self-critique of the modern mind-- The crisis of modern science-- Romanticism and its fate-- The postmodern mind-- At the millennium VII. Epilogue: The post-Copernican double bind-- Knowledge and the unconscious-- The evolution of the world views-- Bringing it all back home
0345368096
Philosophy--History
Civilization, Western
Religion and science--History
Conciousness--History
B 72 / .T37 1991
The passion of the Western mind : understanding the ideas that have shaped our world view / Richard Tarnas. - New York : Ballantine Books, c1991. - xiv, 544 p.; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p.[493]-511) and index.
Contents: I. The Greek world view: The archetypal forms-- Ideas and gods-- The evolution of the Greek Mind from Homer to Plato-- The philosopher's quest and the universal mind-- The problem of the planets-- Aristotle and the Greek balance-- The dual legacy II. The transformation of the classical era: Crosscurrents of the hellenistic matrix-- The emergence of Christianity III. The Christian world view: Judaic monotheism and the divinization of history-- Classical elements and the platonic inheritance-- The conversion of pagan mind--Contraries within the Christian vision-- Exultant Christianity-- Dualistic Christianity-- Further contraries and the Augustinian legacy-- The Holy Spirit and its vicissitudes-- Rome and Catholicism-- A virgin Mary and the mother church-- A summing up IV. The transformation of the medieval era: The scholastic awakening-- The quest of Thomas Aquinas-- Further developments in the high middle ages-- Critical scholasticism and Ockham's razor-- The rebirth of classical humanism-- At the threshold V. The modern world view: The renaissance-- The reformation-- The scientific revolution-- The philosophical revolution-- Foundations of modern world view-- Ancients and moderns-- The triumph of secularism VI. The transformation of the modern era: The changing image of the human from Copernicus though Freud-- The self-critique of the modern mind-- The crisis of modern science-- Romanticism and its fate-- The postmodern mind-- At the millennium VII. Epilogue: The post-Copernican double bind-- Knowledge and the unconscious-- The evolution of the world views-- Bringing it all back home
0345368096
Philosophy--History
Civilization, Western
Religion and science--History
Conciousness--History
B 72 / .T37 1991