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Classical Era Transformation and Richard Tarnas' The Passion of the Western Mind

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radical transformation of life that was experienced and understood by those in the Classical world. Specifically, this paper discusses what was rejected and why the Church found Classical philosophy,  culture, and art incompatible with the Christian perspective. Bibliography lists 2 sources. MHReliWW.rtf The Passion of the Western Mind: Understanding the  Transformation of The Classical Era Written by 10/2001 Please In the Epilogue to his  book The Passions of the Western Mind: Understanding the Ideas That Have Shaped Our World View, Richard Tarnas argued that understanding the impacts of Christianity on the Classical era  was a foundation for determining a historical and social context for the rise and spread of Christian thinking. Determining the underlying reasons or origins for this change, then, are  the central premises of segments of Tarnas book. Tarnas wrote: "For the deepest passion of the Western mind has been to reunite with the ground of its being."  Tarnas begins with a view of the development and expansion of the Greek culture and the philosophical and social factors that defined this dominant perspective. In order  to accomplish this, Tarnas considers he authorship of men like Plato, as a basis for understanding the views of man and religion prior to the introduction of Christianity.  Platos Theory of Forms, for example, is one of the fundamental premises presented by Tarnas and is based in Platos perception of knowledge and the limitations of the senses.  In essence, Plato recognizes that man is limited by his sensory perception in an understanding of the natural of the world around him, and as a result, proposed the