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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... Karl Marx , his ancestors on both sides of his family were German , Hungarian and Polish rabbis . His paternal grandfather and great - grandfather were both rabbis in his native city of Trier . Karl Marx's father was the son of the ...
... Karl Marx , his ancestors on both sides of his family were German , Hungarian and Polish rabbis . His paternal grandfather and great - grandfather were both rabbis in his native city of Trier . Karl Marx's father was the son of the ...
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... Karl Marx , whose case is better known . Karl Marx , as we all know , took a path directly contrary to that of Disraeli . So far from spurning reason , he wished to apply it to human affairs . He believed himself to be a scientist ...
... Karl Marx , whose case is better known . Karl Marx , as we all know , took a path directly contrary to that of Disraeli . So far from spurning reason , he wished to apply it to human affairs . He believed himself to be a scientist ...
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... contact and mingling with their fellows 1 Werner Blumenberg , Karl Marx ( London , 1972 ) , p . 60 . 2 op . cit . ( p . 266 , note 1 above ) , p . x . exposed the Jews to new modes of thought and , 279 BENJAMIN DISRAELI AND KARL MARX.
... contact and mingling with their fellows 1 Werner Blumenberg , Karl Marx ( London , 1972 ) , p . 60 . 2 op . cit . ( p . 266 , note 1 above ) , p . x . exposed the Jews to new modes of thought and , 279 BENJAMIN DISRAELI AND KARL MARX.
Contents
Authors Note page | vii |
The CounterEnlightenment | xxv |
The Originality of Machiavelli | 25 |
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