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