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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... possible provocation , I felt so dejected and degraded , ' Mendel recalled , that he paid the bribe , and the next night they set off for Riga in a crowded third - class carriage . ? On the night train to Riga , Isaiah was dozing in the ...
... possible provocation , I felt so dejected and degraded , ' Mendel recalled , that he paid the bribe , and the next night they set off for Riga in a crowded third - class carriage . ? On the night train to Riga , Isaiah was dozing in the ...
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... possible in philosophical fields like epistemology or ethics . ' To speak of a man learned in epistemology , or a scholar in ethics , ' Isaiah remembered Sheffer saying , ' does not make sense ; it is not that kind of study . ' Only in ...
... possible in philosophical fields like epistemology or ethics . ' To speak of a man learned in epistemology , or a scholar in ethics , ' Isaiah remembered Sheffer saying , ' does not make sense ; it is not that kind of study . ' Only in ...
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... possible that this deep understanding of necessity - of aspects of life that could only be experienced as a command or a fate - saved him from raging at the dying of the light . This was not a religious attitude exactly , but it did ...
... possible that this deep understanding of necessity - of aspects of life that could only be experienced as a command or a fate - saved him from raging at the dying of the light . This was not a religious attitude exactly , but it did ...
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