"The most lucid and concise introduction that I have read about the great lines of Western thought that any student should know. His style is elegant and transports the reader with the impetus of a novel. "
Joseph Campbell.

The passion of the Western Mind is a wide journey through the central ideas that have molded the evolution of thought in the West. With a clarity and amplitude of views that have made this book a Best Seller in the United States and mandatory reading in not a few American universities, Tares makes a complete synthesis of all Western worldview, from the ancient legacy of the Greeks until the time Hellenistic; from the emergence of Christianity and the development of medieval scholasticism to the rebirth of classical culture; From the scientific and philosophical revolution of the modern era, with all its brilliant critical dynamism in continuous transformation, until the postmodern mentality. Through philosophy, religion, psychology and science, tarnish is revealed by the long development of this promising passion of Western man (and his successive crises) through a solid and coherent treated of Western thought. Hegel said a civilization can not become aware of itself until he has not matured enough to approach his death. In the epilogue of him, he talks about the end of modern man, and advocates for new values: the reintegration of the feminine and the empathic rediscovery of the Mystery of Nature and the Universe.