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 99
... felt morbidly insignificant and worthless . The New York papers were full of the Battle of Britain and the first bombing of London . His mother had moved into his rooms at New College . His father joined her on the weekends but ...
... felt morbidly insignificant and worthless . The New York papers were full of the Battle of Britain and the first bombing of London . His mother had moved into his rooms at New College . His father joined her on the weekends but ...
Page 261
... felt that he was too much of a historian for a chair whose proper centre of gravity was political theory and philosophy . ' A professor of politics ought to propagate doctrine , he said , and he had none to propagate . Besides , there ...
... felt that he was too much of a historian for a chair whose proper centre of gravity was political theory and philosophy . ' A professor of politics ought to propagate doctrine , he said , and he had none to propagate . Besides , there ...
Page 270
... felt accepted among the fellowship , as she had never been at All Souls.52 - Berlin's intellectual productivity declined during the Wolfson years , but his writing by no means stopped essays on Georges Sorel , the famous comparison ...
... felt accepted among the fellowship , as she had never been at All Souls.52 - Berlin's intellectual productivity declined during the Wolfson years , but his writing by no means stopped essays on Georges Sorel , the famous comparison ...
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