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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... Italian orchestra playing at a band stand . The Italians had left their sheet music behind in Italy . Each afternoon they announced first a Venetian , then a Finnish , then an Italian march . Isaiah gradually realised that it was the ...
... Italian orchestra playing at a band stand . The Italians had left their sheet music behind in Italy . Each afternoon they announced first a Venetian , then a Finnish , then an Italian march . Isaiah gradually realised that it was the ...
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... Italy for its invasion of Abyssinia . ' And what then ? ' Sir John replied coolly . ' Let Italy fall to the communists ? " 33 Like most of his friends on the left , Berlin supported the republican side in Spain . As he told Shiela Grant ...
... Italy for its invasion of Abyssinia . ' And what then ? ' Sir John replied coolly . ' Let Italy fall to the communists ? " 33 Like most of his friends on the left , Berlin supported the republican side in Spain . As he told Shiela Grant ...
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... Italy , he had an anticipation of the ' fun ' itself . While dining in the kosher section of the ship's restaurant , he met a handsome , poetic young man named Abraham Stern travelling to Italy to take up a scholarship in classics at ...
... Italy , he had an anticipation of the ' fun ' itself . While dining in the kosher section of the ship's restaurant , he met a handsome , poetic young man named Abraham Stern travelling to Italy to take up a scholarship in classics at ...
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