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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Page 103
... began his introduction to Karl Marx , was canonical for Isaiah : ' Things and actions are what they are , and the consequences of them will be what they will be : why then should we desire to be deceived ? ' But in pre - war Oxford , he ...
... began his introduction to Karl Marx , was canonical for Isaiah : ' Things and actions are what they are , and the consequences of them will be what they will be : why then should we desire to be deceived ? ' But in pre - war Oxford , he ...
Page 159
... began to disagree . He shared her reverence for Pushkin , her distaste for Chekhov's ' mud - coloured world ' , but he could not share her love of Dostoyevsky , and she had no time for his affection for Turgenev.29 These were not mere ...
... began to disagree . He shared her reverence for Pushkin , her distaste for Chekhov's ' mud - coloured world ' , but he could not share her love of Dostoyevsky , and she had no time for his affection for Turgenev.29 These were not mere ...
Page 281
... began to tilt the balance of his reputation . It was apparent to most critics that he was a major philosophical thinker , whose combination of historical , moral and political enquiry made him sui generis . There was no one , certainly ...
... began to tilt the balance of his reputation . It was apparent to most critics that he was a major philosophical thinker , whose combination of historical , moral and political enquiry made him sui generis . There was no one , certainly ...
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