The passion of the Western mind
understanding the ideas that have shaped our world view
1st ed.
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Word Count
135,750 words, Guess
Page Count
543 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL1862470M
- ISBN-100517577909
- OCLC Control Number22597150
- OCLC Control Numberpassionofwestern00tarn_0
- Library of Congress Control Number90020142
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- Goodreads982954
- LibraryThing12299
Classifications
- DDC190
- LCCB72 .T27 1991
First Sentence
To approach what was distinctive in a vision as complex and protean as that of the Greeks, let us begin by examining one of its most striking characteristics-a sustained, highly diversified tendency to interpret the world in terms of archetypal principles.
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