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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... undergraduate ' . Famous for what ? ' For talking . " His rooms in Corpus became a ' place of resort ' for talk and gossip . One friend , Bernard Spencer , was a poet , an aesthete whom the heartier members of college attacked one night ...
... undergraduate ' . Famous for what ? ' For talking . " His rooms in Corpus became a ' place of resort ' for talk and gossip . One friend , Bernard Spencer , was a poet , an aesthete whom the heartier members of college attacked one night ...
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... undergraduate party where Isaiah stood at a window with a bowl in his hand , chucking cherries at passers - by . But these were exceptional . Another contempo- rary , Diana Hubback , recalled that he ' seemed completely adult at a time ...
... undergraduate party where Isaiah stood at a window with a bowl in his hand , chucking cherries at passers - by . But these were exceptional . Another contempo- rary , Diana Hubback , recalled that he ' seemed completely adult at a time ...
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... undergraduate magazine ; he was only months from passing his own undergraduate finals ; he had never taught before ; and now he was embarked upon the life of an Oxford don . The passage from an undergraduate to a don's life proved a ...
... undergraduate magazine ; he was only months from passing his own undergraduate finals ; he had never taught before ; and now he was embarked upon the life of an Oxford don . The passage from an undergraduate to a don's life proved a ...
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