Isaiah Berlin: A LifeIsaiah Berlin refused to write an autobiography, but he agreed to talk about himself - and so for 10 years, before's Berlin's death in November 1997, he allowed Michael Ignatieff to interview him about his past, his ideas, his most intimate memories, and his inner conflicts. |
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... Berlin archive and seeing it through publication . The work of preparing this material for publication required prodigious tenacity and inventiveness - for example , using an ultra - violet filter to render visible a page of a ...
... Berlin archive and seeing it through publication . The work of preparing this material for publication required prodigious tenacity and inventiveness - for example , using an ultra - violet filter to render visible a page of a ...
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... Berlin archive has set an extraordinary standard of scholarly accuracy . The Cerberus guarding the gate of Isaiah Berlin's life for over twenty- five years was his secretary , Mrs Pat Utechin . I am grateful to her for securing ...
... Berlin archive has set an extraordinary standard of scholarly accuracy . The Cerberus guarding the gate of Isaiah Berlin's life for over twenty- five years was his secretary , Mrs Pat Utechin . I am grateful to her for securing ...
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... History of Ideas , a conversation with Steven Lukes ' , Berlin Archive , Wolfson College , 43 : ' In so extreme a situation , no act by the victims can ( pace Miss Arendt ) be condemned . Whatever is done must be regarded as fully ...
... History of Ideas , a conversation with Steven Lukes ' , Berlin Archive , Wolfson College , 43 : ' In so extreme a situation , no act by the victims can ( pace Miss Arendt ) be condemned . Whatever is done must be regarded as fully ...
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