Against the Current: Essays in the History of IdeasIn this outstanding collection of essays, Isaiah Berlin, one of the great thinkers of the twentieth century, discusses the importance in the history of thought of dissenters whose ideas still challenge conventional wisdom--among them Machiavelli, Vico, Montesquieu, Herzen, and Sorel. With his unusual powers of imaginative re-creation, Berlin brings to life original minds that swam against the current of their times. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved. |
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Page xxi
... Berlin's writings than the passage in his essay on his friend John Austin1 where , after depicting the originality and power of Austin's intellect , his boldness and philosophical fertility , his astonishing capa- city for breaking up ...
... Berlin's writings than the passage in his essay on his friend John Austin1 where , after depicting the originality and power of Austin's intellect , his boldness and philosophical fertility , his astonishing capa- city for breaking up ...
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... Berlin sees the last great ' naïve ' artist of genius , at least in the world of music . He is a most memorable and vivid example of the Herderian ideal of ' belonging ' which haunts Berlin's pages . Verdi speaks directly and ...
... Berlin sees the last great ' naïve ' artist of genius , at least in the world of music . He is a most memorable and vivid example of the Herderian ideal of ' belonging ' which haunts Berlin's pages . Verdi speaks directly and ...
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Essays in the History of Ideas Isaiah Berlin Henry Hardy. A Bibliography of Isaiah Berlin Henry Hardy Maurice Bowra once wrote of Isaiah Berlin : " Though like Our Lord and Socrates he does not publish much , he thinks and says a great ...
Essays in the History of Ideas Isaiah Berlin Henry Hardy. A Bibliography of Isaiah Berlin Henry Hardy Maurice Bowra once wrote of Isaiah Berlin : " Though like Our Lord and Socrates he does not publish much , he thinks and says a great ...
Contents
Authors Note page | vii |
The CounterEnlightenment | xxv |
The Originality of Machiavelli | 25 |
Copyright | |
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