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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... true universally , eternally and immutably : true for all times , places and men : as in the old definition of natural law , they are quod semper , quod ubique , quod ab omnibus . Opinions within this tradition have , of course ...
... true universally , eternally and immutably : true for all times , places and men : as in the old definition of natural law , they are quod semper , quod ubique , quod ab omnibus . Opinions within this tradition have , of course ...
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... true answers to moral and metaphysical questions , true for all men , at all times , everywhere , quod ubique , quod semper , quod ab omni- bus , was doubted or denied . Indeed , the very tone of Montesquieu , the whole tenor of his ...
... true answers to moral and metaphysical questions , true for all men , at all times , everywhere , quod ubique , quod semper , quod ab omni- bus , was doubted or denied . Indeed , the very tone of Montesquieu , the whole tenor of his ...
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... true path to knowledge was that of the natural sciences ; that is to say , all state- ments with claims to truth must be public , communicable , testable - capable of verification or falsification by methods open to and accepted by any ...
... true path to knowledge was that of the natural sciences ; that is to say , all state- ments with claims to truth must be public , communicable , testable - capable of verification or falsification by methods open to and accepted by any ...
Contents
Authors Note page | vii |
The CounterEnlightenment I | 1 |
The Originality of Machiavelli | 25 |
Copyright | |
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