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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... understand , and they seek this because they cannot help it . Life is action . It is knowable only by those who look ... understand anything was to understand it in its indi- viduality and development , and that this required a capacity ...
... understand , and they seek this because they cannot help it . Life is action . It is knowable only by those who look ... understand anything was to understand it in its indi- viduality and development , and that this required a capacity ...
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... understand a religion , or a work of art , or a national character , one must ' enter into ' the unique conditions of its life : those who have been storm - tossed on the waves of the North Sea ( as he was during his voyage to the west ) ...
... understand a religion , or a work of art , or a national character , one must ' enter into ' the unique conditions of its life : those who have been storm - tossed on the waves of the North Sea ( as he was during his voyage to the west ) ...
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... understand history is to understand what men made of the world in which they found themselves , what they demanded of it , what their felt needs , aims , ideals were ; he seeks to discover their vision of it , he asks what wants , what ...
... understand history is to understand what men made of the world in which they found themselves , what they demanded of it , what their felt needs , aims , ideals were ; he seeks to discover their vision of it , he asks what wants , what ...
Contents
Authors Note page | vii |
The CounterEnlightenment I | 1 |
The Originality of Machiavelli | 25 |
Copyright | |
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