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 136
... knew only that he had disappeared : there were rumours that he had been seen in Tashkent during the war . In fact , he had been tortured and shot in 1940. Of this Isaiah of course knew nothing . He asked them why all the artistic ...
... knew only that he had disappeared : there were rumours that he had been seen in Tashkent during the war . In fact , he had been tortured and shot in 1940. Of this Isaiah of course knew nothing . He asked them why all the artistic ...
Page 137
... knew how to conjure up the most genuine source of national affection : love of the Russian language . Common soldiers knew their work by heart or carried their poems around with them on scraps of paper . Now , in 1945 , artists were ...
... knew how to conjure up the most genuine source of national affection : love of the Russian language . Common soldiers knew their work by heart or carried their poems around with them on scraps of paper . Now , in 1945 , artists were ...
Page 157
... knew everyone she knew , had read everything that she had read , understood what she said and what she meant . In reality , of course , this was an illusion : he knew far less about her than she supposed . None the less , a moment of ...
... knew everyone she knew , had read everything that she had read , understood what she said and what she meant . In reality , of course , this was an illusion : he knew far less about her than she supposed . None the less , a moment of ...
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