Ideas and men : the story of Western thought /
Crane Brinton.
- Second edition.
- 484 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The crisis of Greek culture -- The later classical culture -one world -- The doctrine of Christianity -- The Middle Ages I -- The Middle Ages II -- Making the modern world -I. Humanism -- Making the modern world -II. Protestantism -- Making the modern world -III. Rationalism -- The eighteenth century -a new cosmology -- The nineteenth century -I. The developed cosmology -- The nineteenth century -II. Attacks from right and left -- The twentieth century -the anti-intellectual attack -- Mid-twentieth century -some unfinished business. 1. The Hellenic fountainhead -- 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.
A survey of Western philosophy, art and literature as they relate to cosmological and theological questions from the beginnings of civilization.