| The Closing of the Western Mind | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Charles Freeman (historian) |
| Language | English |
| Subject(s) | History |
| Publisher | Knopf |
| Publication date | October 7th, 2003 |
| Media type | Hardcover, paperback, audio book |
| Pages | 434 |
| ISBN | 140004085X |
The Closing of the Western Mind: The Rise of Faith and the Fall of Reason (2003) is a book by historian Charles Freeman in which he presents the case that the vital Greek Traditions of rationality and science (natural philosophy) were suppressed and ultimately vanished in the West for a thousand years as a result of the rise of Christianity and the acquisition of political power by the Church, not to be rediscovered until the Renaissance.