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 72
... Shiela Grant Duff told him that the sight of the hunger - marchers tramping through Oxford made her ashamed to be living in the ivory tower , Isaiah replied tartly that she was succumbing to ' Tolstoyan sentimentalism ' . Avoiding all ...
... Shiela Grant Duff told him that the sight of the hunger - marchers tramping through Oxford made her ashamed to be living in the ivory tower , Isaiah replied tartly that she was succumbing to ' Tolstoyan sentimentalism ' . Avoiding all ...
Page 73
... Shiela Grant Duff and Adam von Trott , thought him too detached and introspective ; every one of Isaiah's melancholies had its own anatomy , Shiela joked ; he lacked public spirit . Instead of the ' placid continuity ' of Isaiah's life ...
... Shiela Grant Duff and Adam von Trott , thought him too detached and introspective ; every one of Isaiah's melancholies had its own anatomy , Shiela joked ; he lacked public spirit . Instead of the ' placid continuity ' of Isaiah's life ...
Page 312
... Shiela Grant Duff , undated , ( 1936 ) . 31 IB to John Hilton , 13.10.35 . 32 Shiela Grant Duff , The Parting of Ways ( London , 1982 ) , 55 . 33 PI , 112 , 114 ; IB and Stuart Hampshire , ' Reminiscences ' , 7 . 34 IB to Shiela Grant ...
... Shiela Grant Duff , undated , ( 1936 ) . 31 IB to John Hilton , 13.10.35 . 32 Shiela Grant Duff , The Parting of Ways ( London , 1982 ) , 55 . 33 PI , 112 , 114 ; IB and Stuart Hampshire , ' Reminiscences ' , 7 . 34 IB to Shiela Grant ...
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