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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... once or twice in the Tractatus . Ayer and Berlin said it was once ; Gates said it was twice . Bets were taken , and a taxi was despatched to Freddie's rooms to procure a copy of the sacred text . It revealed that Wittgenstein had in ...
... once or twice in the Tractatus . Ayer and Berlin said it was once ; Gates said it was twice . Bets were taken , and a taxi was despatched to Freddie's rooms to procure a copy of the sacred text . It revealed that Wittgenstein had in ...
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... Once , on returning home , they found the gates locked and were unaccountably held up by the door - keeper . When they were finally let into the courtyard , a flash - gun went off in an upstairs window : the operatives were taking their ...
... Once , on returning home , they found the gates locked and were unaccountably held up by the door - keeper . When they were finally let into the courtyard , a flash - gun went off in an upstairs window : the operatives were taking their ...
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... Once , as she went away and left him alone , she looked back and saw him in his armchair , quietly murmuring to himself , in a voice at once sad and full of pleasure , ' I do so love music.'14 In 1996 the National Portrait Gallery ...
... Once , as she went away and left him alone , she looked back and saw him in his armchair , quietly murmuring to himself , in a voice at once sad and full of pleasure , ' I do so love music.'14 In 1996 the National Portrait Gallery ...
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