The passion of the Western mind
by Richard Tarnas · first published 1991
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Ten years in the making and already receiving wide critica acclaim, The Passion of the Western Mind is a major new inquiry into the evolution of our culture's consciousness, from the dawn of Western civilization to the dawn of the twenty-first century. This is the epic sstory of our intellectual and spiritual heritage, a story never before told with such breadth of focus and clarity of insight.
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…cannot have been held by anyone before the Renaissance. Before the scientific worldview existed, there simply were no gaps for God to reside in. What did God mean to people then? Richard Tarnas's The Passion of the Western Mind[1] is a wonderful intellectual history of the West starting from the Greeks. You would probably find it interesting. It traces some of the philosophical roots of Christianity back into Greek thought,…
on “The Genius and Faith of Faraday and Maxwell” ↗…your mind about the apparent connection we may really have with our cosmos: "Cosmos & Psyche", by Richard Tarnas. It did this for a Professor of Computer Science I'm friends with. Tarnas published "The Passion of the Western Mind" about a decade prior, a book on history that's now required reading at over 100 universities worldwide. Can you imagine the shock and horror of established academia, who'd lauded this man with so much…
on “Venture capital firms are investing in astrology apps” ↗For a more contemporary – and informed – view of Astrology, please read “The Passion of the Western Mind” and “Cosmos and Psyche” (important: you must read in that order), by Richard Tarnas.
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on “Ask HN: Mind bending books to read and never be the same as before?” ↗…-centric but you know that. No Communist Manifesto? Really? :) In case anyone happens to read the list you gave and also reads here, the following are not considered primary philosophical works: The Passion of the Western Mind by RICHARD TARNAS Ascent of Man by JACOB BRONOWSKI Science and Sanity by COUNT KORZYBSKI Science is not Enough by VANNEVAR BUSH What I Believe by MARK BOOTH (Ed) Zen Mind, Beginners' Mind by SHUNRYU…
on “Alan Kay's reading list” ↗