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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... believed ( as in a sense Hegel believed before him ) that what alone made a cause worth fight- ing for was that it represented the inevitable next stage in the social evolution of men as rational beings , a stage that could be ...
... believed ( as in a sense Hegel believed before him ) that what alone made a cause worth fight- ing for was that it represented the inevitable next stage in the social evolution of men as rational beings , a stage that could be ...
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... believed deeply in the vast influence of superior individuals - men of genius lifted high over the head of the mob - masters of the destinies of nations . He believed in heroes no less than his detractor Carlyle . He despised equality ...
... believed deeply in the vast influence of superior individuals - men of genius lifted high over the head of the mob - masters of the destinies of nations . He believed in heroes no less than his detractor Carlyle . He despised equality ...
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... believed , even while he was aware of the element of sheer invention . He did half genuinely see Victoria as a great empress and himself as her vizier ; she was Semiramis and Titania , Empress of the East and Queen of the Fairies . His ...
... believed , even while he was aware of the element of sheer invention . He did half genuinely see Victoria as a great empress and himself as her vizier ; she was Semiramis and Titania , Empress of the East and Queen of the Fairies . His ...
Contents
Authors Note page | vii |
The CounterEnlightenment I | 1 |
The Originality of Machiavelli | 25 |
Copyright | |
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