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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... letter , written in 1937 , Hampshire took his friend to task for writing too vaguely ' about generalised states of mind , the spirit of this and that Zeitgeist ' . " It was all very ' unpositivistic and unrealistic ' , and his history ...
... letter , written in 1937 , Hampshire took his friend to task for writing too vaguely ' about generalised states of mind , the spirit of this and that Zeitgeist ' . " It was all very ' unpositivistic and unrealistic ' , and his history ...
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... letter from Aline breaking off their relations . Hans Halban had overheard their conversation and threatened to divorce her and take the children . For two days Isaiah was prostrated , unable to get out of bed.16 On his return to Oxford ...
... letter from Aline breaking off their relations . Hans Halban had overheard their conversation and threatened to divorce her and take the children . For two days Isaiah was prostrated , unable to get out of bed.16 On his return to Oxford ...
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... letters of A.J. Ayer are reproduced by courtesy of the Estate of A.J. Ayer ; the extract from Elizabeth Bowen's letter of 27 September 1935 is reproduced by permission of Curtis Brown Limited , London ; the extract from T. S. Eliot's letter ...
... letters of A.J. Ayer are reproduced by courtesy of the Estate of A.J. Ayer ; the extract from Elizabeth Bowen's letter of 27 September 1935 is reproduced by permission of Curtis Brown Limited , London ; the extract from T. S. Eliot's letter ...
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