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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... possible in philosophical fields like epistemology or ethics . ' To speak of a man learned in epistemology , or a scholar in ethics , ' Isaiah remembered Sheffer saying , ' does not make sense ; it is not that kind of study . ' Only in ...
... possible in philosophical fields like epistemology or ethics . ' To speak of a man learned in epistemology , or a scholar in ethics , ' Isaiah remembered Sheffer saying , ' does not make sense ; it is not that kind of study . ' Only in ...
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... possible to resist , she proposed marriage.74 Extricating himself from this new phase of his entanglement with her , he boarded a plane for Berlin and , after a night in company with Noel Annan , Goronwy Rees and other friends then ...
... possible to resist , she proposed marriage.74 Extricating himself from this new phase of his entanglement with her , he boarded a plane for Berlin and , after a night in company with Noel Annan , Goronwy Rees and other friends then ...
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... possible : first , it could begin to accept graduate students and commit itself to graduate education . This proposal , which Berlin supported , went nowhere . A second possibility , a marriage between St Antony's and All Souls , to ...
... possible : first , it could begin to accept graduate students and commit itself to graduate education . This proposal , which Berlin supported , went nowhere . A second possibility , a marriage between St Antony's and All Souls , to ...
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