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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... ment , to disregard which is a mark of irrationality or blindness or immaturity on the part of the agent . Yet at the same time he makes much of three essentially Hegelian views . ( He has often repeated in his writings that Hegel ...
... ment , to disregard which is a mark of irrationality or blindness or immaturity on the part of the agent . Yet at the same time he makes much of three essentially Hegelian views . ( He has often repeated in his writings that Hegel ...
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... ment in The Natural History of Religion , and its virtual dissolution in the Dialogues ( pointed out by Kemp Smith and others ) and replace- ment by Philo's total agnosticism ; nor does he pay attention to Hume's violent diatribes ...
... ment in The Natural History of Religion , and its virtual dissolution in the Dialogues ( pointed out by Kemp Smith and others ) and replace- ment by Philo's total agnosticism ; nor does he pay attention to Hume's violent diatribes ...
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... ment to Herzen's central activity : revolutionary journalism , to which he dedicated his life . The bulk of it is contained in the most celebrated of all Russian periodicals published abroad - The Bell ( Kolokol ) edited by Herzen and ...
... ment to Herzen's central activity : revolutionary journalism , to which he dedicated his life . The bulk of it is contained in the most celebrated of all Russian periodicals published abroad - The Bell ( Kolokol ) edited by Herzen and ...
Contents
Authors Note page | vii |
The CounterEnlightenment I | 1 |
The Originality of Machiavelli | 25 |
Copyright | |
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