TY  - BOOK
AU  - Tarnas,Richard
TI  - The passion of the Western mind: understanding the ideas that have shaped our world view 
SN  - 0345368096
AV  - B 72 .T37 1991
PY  - 1991///
CY  - New York
PB  - Ballantine Books
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - History
KW  - Civilization, Western
KW  - Religion and science
KW  - Conciousness
N1  - 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
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