A epopéia do pensamento ocidental · para compreender as idéias que moldaram nossa visão de mundo

"[This] magnificent critical survey, with its inherent respect for both the 'Westt's mainstream high culture' the 'radically changing world' of the 1990s, offers a new breakthrough for lay 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 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 already hailed as a classic, THE PASSION OF THE WESERN MIND is truly a complete liberal education in a single volume.