[This] magnificent critical survey, with its inherent respect for both the 'Westt's mainstream high culture' and the 'radically changing world' of the 1990s, offers a new breakthrough for lay and scholarly readers alike....Allows readers to grasp the big picture of Western culture for the first time.
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
Here are the great minds of Western civilization and their pivotal ideas, from Plato to Hegel, from Augustine to Nietzsche, from Copernicus to Freud. Richard Tarnas performs the near-miracle of describing profound philosophical concepts simply but without simplifying them. Ten years in the making and already hailed as a classic, THE PASSION OF THE WESERN MIND is truly a complete liberal education in a single volume.
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古典文化将长久是经常引发西方的富于想象力的和审美的创造的地位崇高的领域。
“无论希腊人是因为首先出现,故能极为清新地察看各种事物,还是纯粹十分幸运地因为已首先出现,故能以无与伦比的机敏对生活作出反应在上述两种情况的随便哪一种情况下,他们都保持着永恒的光辉,就像由种早晨6点时的光亮和草地上永存的露水所照亮的世界的光辉一样。如今,希腊思想依然在我们的头脑中,因为那种未受玷污的清新,使犹如青春本身一般的希腊思想成为我们的第一个典范。”
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