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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... kind . But with recommendations from Frank Hardie and the evidence of a strong first , Berlin was given a post as tutor in philosophy in New College as of October 1932. There was no application , no interview . Berlin had published ...
... kind . But with recommendations from Frank Hardie and the evidence of a strong first , Berlin was given a post as tutor in philosophy in New College as of October 1932. There was no application , no interview . Berlin had published ...
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... kind of club , going in there to get out of the cold , to browse and gossip . The manager of the shop was a ' small , thin , gay , baldish , red - haired Jew ' named Gennady Moiseyevich Rachlin , who invited them into the inner sanctum ...
... kind of club , going in there to get out of the cold , to browse and gossip . The manager of the shop was a ' small , thin , gay , baldish , red - haired Jew ' named Gennady Moiseyevich Rachlin , who invited them into the inner sanctum ...
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... kind of hellish brew Did the January darkness bring us ? And what kind of invisible glow Drove us out of our minds before dawn ? 42 Their encounter was one of those events which never ended , which spilled out consequences to the end of ...
... kind of hellish brew Did the January darkness bring us ? And what kind of invisible glow Drove us out of our minds before dawn ? 42 Their encounter was one of those events which never ended , which spilled out consequences to the end of ...
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