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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... close attention to his own emotional truth . Towards his mother's memory , he maintained some- thing like awe at her strength of character , mixed with irritation at the tidal force of her claim upon him . Towards Riga he maintained ...
... close attention to his own emotional truth . Towards his mother's memory , he maintained some- thing like awe at her strength of character , mixed with irritation at the tidal force of her claim upon him . Towards Riga he maintained ...
Page 211
... close friends and the man in question was decency personified . ' I'm in love with your wife , ' Isaiah blurted out , to which the husband replied , ' That's not possible ' . So the affair continued but Isaiah felt compelled to repeat ...
... close friends and the man in question was decency personified . ' I'm in love with your wife , ' Isaiah blurted out , to which the husband replied , ' That's not possible ' . So the affair continued but Isaiah felt compelled to repeat ...
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... close friends in a bemused way , as if admiring a distant view or a perplexing painting.12 He did admit to being afraid of dying , but he thought it was incoherent to fear death itself . It was at the age of eighty - six that he quoted ...
... close friends in a bemused way , as if admiring a distant view or a perplexing painting.12 He did admit to being afraid of dying , but he thought it was incoherent to fear death itself . It was at the age of eighty - six that he quoted ...
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