Chapter 1 Ancient Greece： Fountainhead of Western Culture
1.1 Homer's Epics
1.2 The Polis
1.3 Religion
1.4 Philosophy
1.5 Classical Philosophers
1.6 History
1.7 Poetry and Drama
1.8 The Heritage of the Greeks
Chapter 2 Ancient Rome： Pragmatic Rationality
2.1 Roman Law
2.2 Literature and Art
2.3 The Heritage of the Romans
Chapter 3 The Middle Ages： Duty of Conscience
3.1 The Rise of Christianity
3.2 Patristic Writers
3.3 Thomas Aquinas
Chapter 4 The Renaissance： Human Life in This World
4.1 The Italian Renaissance
4.2 The Northern European Renaissance
4.4 The Heritage of the Renaissance
Chapter 5 The Reformation： Split Within Western Christendom
5.1 Martin Luther
5.2 John Calvin
5.3 The Heritage of the Reformation
Chapter 6 Scientific Revolution： New Conception of the Universe
6.1 The Rise of Modern Science
6.2 Rationalism and Empiricism
6.3 New Political Theory
6.4 The Heritage of Seventeenth-century Culture
Chapter 7 The Enlightenment： Power of Reason
7.1 The Nature of the Enlightenment
7.2 Philosophy and Theology
7.3 Social Criticism
7.4 Emotion and Unreason
7.5 The Heritage of the Enlightenment
Chapter 8 The French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution： Political and Economic Transformation
8.1 The French Revolution
8.2 The Heritage of the French Revolution
8.3 The Industrial Revolution
8.4 The Impact of the Industrial Revolution
Chapter 9 Romanticism： Fresh Insight into Human Experience
9.1 The Romantic Movement
9.2 Romantic Literature
9.3 The Romantic Social and Political Thought
9.4 The Heritage of Romanticism
Chapter 10 Socialism： Faith in Human Progress
10.1 Science and Technology
10.2 Social Sciences
10.3 Marxism
10.4 Darwinism
10.5 The Middle-class Moral Attitudes
10.6 The Heritage of Socialism
Chapter 11 Psychoanalysis： Discovering Man's Inner World
11.1 Philosophy
11.2 Social Sciences
11.3 Freudian Psychology
11.4 Natural Sciences
11.5 The Heritage of Fin de Siecle Culture
Chapter 12 Contemporary Western World： Seeking a Meaningful Existence
12.1 The Legacy of War and Revolution
12.2 Natural Sciences
12.3 Social and Behavioral Sciences
12.4 Philosophy and Theology
12.5 The Heritage of the Twentieth Century
References
Index
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