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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... ancients is therefore a ludicrous fantasy : the ancients were frightening savages , grossi bestioni , roaming the great forest of the earth , creatures remote from us . There is no omnipresent natural law : the lists of absolute ...
... ancients is therefore a ludicrous fantasy : the ancients were frightening savages , grossi bestioni , roaming the great forest of the earth , creatures remote from us . There is no omnipresent natural law : the lists of absolute ...
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... ancient people and revive an ancient land . Hess , as may be imagined , welcomed this with great enthusiasm . In a characteristically apocalyptic mood , he prophesied that the national solidarity and unity that was the basis of Jewish ...
... ancient people and revive an ancient land . Hess , as may be imagined , welcomed this with great enthusiasm . In a characteristically apocalyptic mood , he prophesied that the national solidarity and unity that was the basis of Jewish ...
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... ancient race . The race was indeed ancient ; as for his ancestors , in 1849 , in his edition of his father's works , Disraeli told his readers this : My grandfather ... was an Italian descendant from one of those Hebrew families whom ...
... ancient race . The race was indeed ancient ; as for his ancestors , in 1849 , in his edition of his father's works , Disraeli told his readers this : My grandfather ... was an Italian descendant from one of those Hebrew families whom ...
Contents
Authors Note page | vii |
The CounterEnlightenment | xxv |
The Originality of Machiavelli | 25 |
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