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 49
... truth were known - the real truth , not the fairy tales of shallow moralists - it would help to make men understand themselves and make them go farther . He believes also that the qualities that men need in order to revive these buoni ...
... truth were known - the real truth , not the fairy tales of shallow moralists - it would help to make men understand themselves and make them go farther . He believes also that the qualities that men need in order to revive these buoni ...
Page 159
... truth . In common with most enlightened men of his period he believed that the objective truth in all realms was discoverable . But he believed even more deeply that societies which did not grant freedom of choice between ideals , with ...
... truth . In common with most enlightened men of his period he believed that the objective truth in all realms was discoverable . But he believed even more deeply that societies which did not grant freedom of choice between ideals , with ...
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... truth for which , again ( less plausibly in the latter case ) , he claims the authority of Hume . For Hamann everything is a work of God , working not through secondary causes , but by the direct action of His will . What is there in ...
... truth for which , again ( less plausibly in the latter case ) , he claims the authority of Hume . For Hamann everything is a work of God , working not through secondary causes , but by the direct action of His will . What is there in ...
Contents
Authors Note page | vii |
The CounterEnlightenment | xxv |
The Originality of Machiavelli | 25 |
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