Hey.
I have been reading Richard Tarnas's
The Passion of the Western Mind: Understanding the Ideas That Have Shaped Our Worldview, and was told by a friend of mine who is also a graduate philosophy student that it is a fairly poor introductory text for the history of philosophy. I haven't had any philosophy courses since undergrad (don't ask how long ago that was!), and I fear that my own philosophical expertise is not sufficient enough to make a good evaluation (It does seem to me that he makes some fairly broad generalizations and unwarranted leaps to conclusions). I would appreciate a good critique of the book from anyone who has ever read it, as well as a recommendation for an alternative read.
Thoughts?