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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... freedom . His lifelong hostility towards determinism is here given its first expression.16 The eighteen - year - old ... freedom . The essay defends the real freedom of inner experience from the determinists , and the real freedom of ...
... freedom . His lifelong hostility towards determinism is here given its first expression.16 The eighteen - year - old ... freedom . The essay defends the real freedom of inner experience from the determinists , and the real freedom of ...
Page 229
... Freedom and human flourishing were in a contingent rather than necessary relation , just as human flourishing was only contingently dependent on knowledge . The truth had never made men free , and freedom did not always make men better ...
... Freedom and human flourishing were in a contingent rather than necessary relation , just as human flourishing was only contingently dependent on knowledge . The truth had never made men free , and freedom did not always make men better ...
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... freedom , at least in one of its political senses , is freedom from interference ; and the fact that other values may be more important , and incompatible with this – say love or equality or fraternity or friendly co - operation , or ...
... freedom , at least in one of its political senses , is freedom from interference ; and the fact that other values may be more important , and incompatible with this – say love or equality or fraternity or friendly co - operation , or ...
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