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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... liberal theory came in the 1970s , with the publication of Rawls ' A Theory of Justice , it took a Rawlsian rather than a Berlinian form . The feature that distinguished Berlin from Rawls was his emphasis on the ultimate incompatibility ...
... liberal theory came in the 1970s , with the publication of Rawls ' A Theory of Justice , it took a Rawlsian rather than a Berlinian form . The feature that distinguished Berlin from Rawls was his emphasis on the ultimate incompatibility ...
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... liberal principles were of little meaning unless one was prepared to risk one's very survival in their defence : Unless there is some point at which you are prepared to fight against whatever odds , and whatever the threat may be , not ...
... liberal principles were of little meaning unless one was prepared to risk one's very survival in their defence : Unless there is some point at which you are prepared to fight against whatever odds , and whatever the threat may be , not ...
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... liberal life which , while unsystematic , was as deep as anything within the liberal canon since Adam Smith's Theory of Moral Sentiments.40 Turgenev occasioned a still more intimate encounter with another liberal dilemma : the problem ...
... liberal life which , while unsystematic , was as deep as anything within the liberal canon since Adam Smith's Theory of Moral Sentiments.40 Turgenev occasioned a still more intimate encounter with another liberal dilemma : the problem ...
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