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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Page 130
... realised that he had a habit of ' seeing a pattern in the carpet ' - the larger shape of events - and that this was an intellectual's , rather than a bureaucrat's , cast of mind . The weekly opinion summaries were confining : he wanted ...
... realised that he had a habit of ' seeing a pattern in the carpet ' - the larger shape of events - and that this was an intellectual's , rather than a bureaucrat's , cast of mind . The weekly opinion summaries were confining : he wanted ...
Page 214
... realised , he was ' in the front line ' , responsible for his mother , for himself , for his own life at last . The ' abnormality and bleakness ' of this depressed him deeply . " Altogether , his father's death ' had a far deeper and ...
... realised , he was ' in the front line ' , responsible for his mother , for himself , for his own life at last . The ' abnormality and bleakness ' of this depressed him deeply . " Altogether , his father's death ' had a far deeper and ...
Page 237
... realised that he had allowed his pro- Israeli convictions to pull him in one direction and his anti - colonialist inclinations to pull in the other . --- He often found it deeply uncomfortable to be asked to give concrete political ...
... realised that he had allowed his pro- Israeli convictions to pull him in one direction and his anti - colonialist inclinations to pull in the other . --- He often found it deeply uncomfortable to be asked to give concrete political ...
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