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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... friends on the left , Berlin supported the republican side in Spain . As he told Shiela Grant Duff , the Spanish cause was the litmus test which told you , infallibly , where your friends stood politically . But he added that it was ...
... friends on the left , Berlin supported the republican side in Spain . As he told Shiela Grant Duff , the Spanish cause was the litmus test which told you , infallibly , where your friends stood politically . But he added that it was ...
Page 100
... friend Foster one muggy July night , barely forty - eight hours after his arrival , and kept up such a steady stream of commentary on American politics that his friends decided to put him to use . John Wheeler - Bennett and Aubrey ...
... friend Foster one muggy July night , barely forty - eight hours after his arrival , and kept up such a steady stream of commentary on American politics that his friends decided to put him to use . John Wheeler - Bennett and Aubrey ...
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... friends , that I concede . ' He was even prepared to envisage extreme situations in which one might have to sacrifice friends who had betrayed some essential trust , or some righteous cause . ' But until then you must be allowed to know ...
... friends , that I concede . ' He was even prepared to envisage extreme situations in which one might have to sacrifice friends who had betrayed some essential trust , or some righteous cause . ' But until then you must be allowed to know ...
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