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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... conception of man and his nature is in large measure a historical product of this ceaseless exploration or search , of the slow and unpredictable growth of new , more adequate , more sophisticated models of human nature , these essays ...
... conception of man and his nature is in large measure a historical product of this ceaseless exploration or search , of the slow and unpredictable growth of new , more adequate , more sophisticated models of human nature , these essays ...
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... conception of man and the ends of life there is a powerful element of tragedy : avenues to human realisation may intersect and block one another ; things of inestimable intrinsic value and beauty around which an individual or a ...
... conception of man and the ends of life there is a powerful element of tragedy : avenues to human realisation may intersect and block one another ; things of inestimable intrinsic value and beauty around which an individual or a ...
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... conception of moral freedom as entailing resistance to nature and not harmonious collusion with her , overcoming of natural inclination , and rising to Promethean resistance to coercion , whether by things or by men . This , in its turn ...
... conception of moral freedom as entailing resistance to nature and not harmonious collusion with her , overcoming of natural inclination , and rising to Promethean resistance to coercion , whether by things or by men . This , in its turn ...
Contents
Authors Note page | vii |
The CounterEnlightenment | xxv |
The Originality of Machiavelli | 25 |
Copyright | |
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