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
... mind as a result of the apparently casual or contingent process by which a good mind picks up hints or phrases in the thoughts of others and makes of these a life's work . Two basic predispositions that values might be incompatible ...
... mind as a result of the apparently casual or contingent process by which a good mind picks up hints or phrases in the thoughts of others and makes of these a life's work . Two basic predispositions that values might be incompatible ...
Page 130
... mind . The weekly opinion summaries were confining : he wanted to write with a bigger sweep . For all these reasons , therefore , he began to daydream of returning to New College and joked that he had in mind a vast work on European ...
... mind . The weekly opinion summaries were confining : he wanted to write with a bigger sweep . For all these reasons , therefore , he began to daydream of returning to New College and joked that he had in mind a vast work on European ...
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... mind , the playfulness of both , the lightness of his being and the gravity of his best ideas were all one of a kind . In a dark century , he showed what a life of the mind should be : sceptical , ironical , dispassion- ate and free ...
... mind , the playfulness of both , the lightness of his being and the gravity of his best ideas were all one of a kind . In a dark century , he showed what a life of the mind should be : sceptical , ironical , dispassion- ate and free ...
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