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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... liberty was the core of a properly liberal political creed : leaving individuals alone to do what they want , provided that their actions did not interfere with the liberty of others . Positive liberty was the core of all emancipatory ...
... liberty was the core of a properly liberal political creed : leaving individuals alone to do what they want , provided that their actions did not interfere with the liberty of others . Positive liberty was the core of all emancipatory ...
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... Liberty was only liberty if enjoyed in some degree of social equality . But he challenged the whole post - war social democratic tradition by pointing out that the values at the heart of it - equality , liberty and justice ...
... Liberty was only liberty if enjoyed in some degree of social equality . But he challenged the whole post - war social democratic tradition by pointing out that the values at the heart of it - equality , liberty and justice ...
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... liberty should have priority over other political values . He disagreed with John Stuart Mill's view that liberty was the ' necessary condition for the growth of human genius ' . As his own visit to Akhmatova had taught him , individual ...
... liberty should have priority over other political values . He disagreed with John Stuart Mill's view that liberty was the ' necessary condition for the growth of human genius ' . As his own visit to Akhmatova had taught him , individual ...
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