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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... streets , Isaiah and his governess went for a stroll near their home . Isaiah was bending down to examine a battered ... street . All the seven - year - old had time to see was a man with a white face twisting and turning as he was borne ...
... streets , Isaiah and his governess went for a stroll near their home . Isaiah was bending down to examine a battered ... street . All the seven - year - old had time to see was a man with a white face twisting and turning as he was borne ...
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... street without parting the lace curtains to take an apprehensive look . Some of these emotions worked themselves into his son's composition . Both the language , which retained Russian constructions , and the subject suggest that Berlin ...
... street without parting the lace curtains to take an apprehensive look . Some of these emotions worked themselves into his son's composition . Both the language , which retained Russian constructions , and the subject suggest that Berlin ...
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... Street , when an Israeli dignitary or a person of intellect was being honoured . At Downing Street , during Mrs Thatcher's Premiership , he was presented to Mikhail Gorbachev , who , on shaking his hand , said with a characteristic ...
... Street , when an Israeli dignitary or a person of intellect was being honoured . At Downing Street , during Mrs Thatcher's Premiership , he was presented to Mikhail Gorbachev , who , on shaking his hand , said with a characteristic ...
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