The Passion of the Western Mind : Understanding the Ideas That Have Shaped Our World View Condition:Good Al Roumani distills the knowledge

Al Roumani distills the knowledge and skills he and his colleagues developed while steering the bank through four impossible years into ten lessons applicable to any leader facing a crisis today

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The Passion of the Western Mind : Understanding the Ideas That Have Shaped Our World View Condition:Good Al Roumani distills the knowledge"[This] magnificent critical survey, with its inherent respect for both the 'West's mainstream high culture' and the 'radically changi ng world' of the 1990s, offers a new breakthrough for lay and scholarly readers alike Allows readers to grasp the big picture of Western culture for the first time". SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE Here are the great minds of Western civilization and their pivotal ideas, from Plato to Hegel, from Augustine to Nietzsche, from