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 131
... liberal creed everywhere ; his doctrines had been well understood ; it did not seem that he had anything new to tell the twentieth century . Time had made patent his errors . His knowledge of history , geography , ethnology , had lagged ...
... liberal creed everywhere ; his doctrines had been well understood ; it did not seem that he had anything new to tell the twentieth century . Time had made patent his errors . His knowledge of history , geography , ethnology , had lagged ...
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... liberal reform and improvement of human life by legal or institutional change . Herzen fell under this general ban . Moreover , Tolstoy seems to have felt a certain lack of personal sym- pathy for Herzen and his public position – even a ...
... liberal reform and improvement of human life by legal or institutional change . Herzen fell under this general ban . Moreover , Tolstoy seems to have felt a certain lack of personal sym- pathy for Herzen and his public position – even a ...
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... liberals . The Bell declined in circulation . The new , ' hard ' revolutionaries needed his money , but made it plain that they looked upon him as a liberal dinosaur , the preacher of antiquated humanistic views , useless in the violent ...
... liberals . The Bell declined in circulation . The new , ' hard ' revolutionaries needed his money , but made it plain that they looked upon him as a liberal dinosaur , the preacher of antiquated humanistic views , useless in the violent ...
Contents
Authors Note page | vii |
The CounterEnlightenment | xxv |
The Originality of Machiavelli | 25 |
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