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 xxxviii
... imaginative con- struction , but with his gift of simple direct perception , took the former course . Disraeli , an outsider in British society , sought above all else power and recognition : in his perfervid imagination the British ...
... imaginative con- struction , but with his gift of simple direct perception , took the former course . Disraeli , an outsider in British society , sought above all else power and recognition : in his perfervid imagination the British ...
Page 117
... imaginative power ; the knowledge that is involved when a work of the imagination or of social diagnosis or a work of criticism or scholarship or history is described not as correct or incorrect , skilful or inept , a success or a ...
... imaginative power ; the knowledge that is involved when a work of the imagination or of social diagnosis or a work of criticism or scholarship or history is described not as correct or incorrect , skilful or inept , a success or a ...
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... imagination of an entire society , this kind of sublimity comes to an end . This is so because , before writing is invented , men possess ' vivid sensation ' , ' strong imagination ' , ' sharp wit ' , ' robust memory ' , which they ...
... imagination of an entire society , this kind of sublimity comes to an end . This is so because , before writing is invented , men possess ' vivid sensation ' , ' strong imagination ' , ' sharp wit ' , ' robust memory ' , which they ...
Contents
Authors Note page | vii |
The CounterEnlightenment I | 1 |
The Originality of Machiavelli | 25 |
Copyright | |
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