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 89
... ideas was being undermined by recourse to vague Hegelian- styled generalities . 37 Hampshire's letter remains the most ... idea had also cropped up elsewhere . Hadn't Kant said , he wrote to Bowen , that ' out of the crooked timber of ...
... ideas was being undermined by recourse to vague Hegelian- styled generalities . 37 Hampshire's letter remains the most ... idea had also cropped up elsewhere . Hadn't Kant said , he wrote to Bowen , that ' out of the crooked timber of ...
Page 238
... ideas for a suitable libretto ? Isaiah hurried upstairs to his library and came down with a copy of the Hebrew Bible ... idea what the sounds were meant to convey or whether they were meant to be anything at all ' , but applauding none ...
... ideas for a suitable libretto ? Isaiah hurried upstairs to his library and came down with a copy of the Hebrew Bible ... idea what the sounds were meant to convey or whether they were meant to be anything at all ' , but applauding none ...
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... idea of your wasting your extraordinary gifts and your time taking college meetings and sitting on committees ... ideas in Oxford . He felt isolated and only found an echo for his ideas in America . Accordingly , if he could raise the ...
... idea of your wasting your extraordinary gifts and your time taking college meetings and sitting on committees ... ideas in Oxford . He felt isolated and only found an echo for his ideas in America . Accordingly , if he could raise the ...
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