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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... Stephen Spender , his contemporary , met him after his first year and remembered that already Isaiah was a ' famous undergraduate ' . Famous for what ? ' For talking . " His rooms in Corpus became a ' place of resort ' for talk and ...
... Stephen Spender , his contemporary , met him after his first year and remembered that already Isaiah was a ' famous undergraduate ' . Famous for what ? ' For talking . " His rooms in Corpus became a ' place of resort ' for talk and ...
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... Spender to IB , undated , from Berlin . 14 Stephen Spender , World Within World ( London , 1951 ) , 70 . 15 MI / IV Spender , 9.89 16 Spender to IB , undated , 1932 . 17 Spender , World Within World , 71-2 ; M.P. Steinberg , The Meaning ...
... Spender to IB , undated , from Berlin . 14 Stephen Spender , World Within World ( London , 1951 ) , 70 . 15 MI / IV Spender , 9.89 16 Spender to IB , undated , 1932 . 17 Spender , World Within World , 71-2 ; M.P. Steinberg , The Meaning ...
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... Stephen Spender , 18.11.58 : ' To feed and clothe people may be more important than to liberate them , and to talk about freedom to the naked and the starving may be frivolous and heartless , but this doesn't seem to me to alter the ...
... Stephen Spender , 18.11.58 : ' To feed and clothe people may be more important than to liberate them , and to talk about freedom to the naked and the starving may be frivolous and heartless , but this doesn't seem to me to alter the ...
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