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 38
... never told anybody my troubles . I never had many troubles to tell and , not having them to tell , they evaporated . ' If this sounds like a defence of the uses of repression , he was quick to admit it was . Mother and son may never ...
... never told anybody my troubles . I never had many troubles to tell and , not having them to tell , they evaporated . ' If this sounds like a defence of the uses of repression , he was quick to admit it was . Mother and son may never ...
Page 59
... never to enjoy teaching very much . He was uncomfortable with the parental aspects . Father - son , father - daughter relations were never his line . What seems to have depressed him most was that he had to become ' responsible ...
... never to enjoy teaching very much . He was uncomfortable with the parental aspects . Father - son , father - daughter relations were never his line . What seems to have depressed him most was that he had to become ' responsible ...
Page 286
... never sought to make his work ' relevant ' , but now it suddenly spoke to his times in ways he never intended . - He never claimed to have been the first to think about pluralism.32 But Berlin had reason to believe that he was the first ...
... never sought to make his work ' relevant ' , but now it suddenly spoke to his times in ways he never intended . - He never claimed to have been the first to think about pluralism.32 But Berlin had reason to believe that he was the first ...
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