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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... German empires mobilised against each other , and Riga Jewry was caught in between . Their language was German , their citizenship Russian . As the Russian forces were driven back , the Russian high command , believing the Jews were ...
... German empires mobilised against each other , and Riga Jewry was caught in between . Their language was German , their citizenship Russian . As the Russian forces were driven back , the Russian high command , believing the Jews were ...
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... German professor who dinned Latin and German into him and made him read Goethe . This exposure to German Kultur was not especially successful . All his life , Berlin's German remained imperfect , and as for the German professor , he ...
... German professor who dinned Latin and German into him and made him read Goethe . This exposure to German Kultur was not especially successful . All his life , Berlin's German remained imperfect , and as for the German professor , he ...
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... German Kultur , the Romantics shattered the unity of European culture for ever : If I am a German I seek German virtues , I write German music , I rediscover ancient German laws , I cultivate everything within me which makes me as rich ...
... German Kultur , the Romantics shattered the unity of European culture for ever : If I am a German I seek German virtues , I write German music , I rediscover ancient German laws , I cultivate everything within me which makes me as rich ...
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