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 191
... Russian life ' - a collision of cultures that had destroyed a good many among the more sensitive members of the Russian gentry in the reigns of Catherine II and her successors . The boy escaped with relief from his father's oppressive ...
... Russian life ' - a collision of cultures that had destroyed a good many among the more sensitive members of the Russian gentry in the reigns of Catherine II and her successors . The boy escaped with relief from his father's oppressive ...
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... Russian radicals . He genuinely detested the practice of washing the revolutionaries ' dirty linen in public , and made it clear that he did not intend to make fun of allies for the entertainment of the common enemy . The first ...
... Russian radicals . He genuinely detested the practice of washing the revolutionaries ' dirty linen in public , and made it clear that he did not intend to make fun of allies for the entertainment of the common enemy . The first ...
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... Russian censorship , Herzen wrote in perfect freedom in Paris and yet ' managed to say nothing useful'.1 What irritated Tolstoy most was Herzen's socialism . In a letter to his aunt , Alexandra Tolstoy , he says that he despises ...
... Russian censorship , Herzen wrote in perfect freedom in Paris and yet ' managed to say nothing useful'.1 What irritated Tolstoy most was Herzen's socialism . In a letter to his aunt , Alexandra Tolstoy , he says that he despises ...
Contents
Authors Note page | vii |
The CounterEnlightenment | xxv |
The Originality of Machiavelli | 25 |
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