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 xlvii
... Hegel . He did not , however , remain an orthodox Hegelian for long , but transformed Hegel's doc- trines into something peculiarly his own . The chief result was scepti- cism of the capacity of any single doctrine or coherent ...
... Hegel . He did not , however , remain an orthodox Hegelian for long , but transformed Hegel's doc- trines into something peculiarly his own . The chief result was scepti- cism of the capacity of any single doctrine or coherent ...
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... Hegelian views . He has often repeated in his writings that Hegel showed with considerable imaginative genius that the history of thought and culture is a changing pattern of liberating ideas which form general attitudes and outlooks ...
... Hegelian views . He has often repeated in his writings that Hegel showed with considerable imaginative genius that the history of thought and culture is a changing pattern of liberating ideas which form general attitudes and outlooks ...
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... Hegel , sometimes to the theses of the French philosophes ) but it must always be fought for . Human happiness lies in human hands , and if enough individuals can be convinced of the truth of the propositions advanced by the author ...
... Hegel , sometimes to the theses of the French philosophes ) but it must always be fought for . Human happiness lies in human hands , and if enough individuals can be convinced of the truth of the propositions advanced by the author ...
Contents
Authors Note page | vii |
The CounterEnlightenment | xxv |
The Originality of Machiavelli | 25 |
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