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 190
... wrote scathingly about the positivist pedantry of American social science . He probably had not read much of it , but this did not prevent him from remarking that American academics wrote with all the grace of a deep - sea diver sitting ...
... wrote scathingly about the positivist pedantry of American social science . He probably had not read much of it , but this did not prevent him from remarking that American academics wrote with all the grace of a deep - sea diver sitting ...
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... wrote him an icy note making it clear that he never ' became a member of any organisation Guy was working for . Nor have I ever been sent on any secret mission anywhere by anyone ; nor was I Guy's assistant . ' Even here , angry as he ...
... wrote him an icy note making it clear that he never ' became a member of any organisation Guy was working for . Nor have I ever been sent on any secret mission anywhere by anyone ; nor was I Guy's assistant . ' Even here , angry as he ...
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... wrote them affectionate letters and provided them with dispassionate advice . They gradually discovered they could get a word in edgeways into his monologues.2 The Pensione Argentina was to be the family's summer home for most of the ...
... wrote them affectionate letters and provided them with dispassionate advice . They gradually discovered they could get a word in edgeways into his monologues.2 The Pensione Argentina was to be the family's summer home for most of the ...
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