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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... questions and left his commitments to social justice unspecified . He might have taken this question further had his life gone in another direction . Morton White invited Berlin in 1958 to conduct a seminar on liberalism at Harvard with ...
... questions and left his commitments to social justice unspecified . He might have taken this question further had his life gone in another direction . Morton White invited Berlin in 1958 to conduct a seminar on liberalism at Harvard with ...
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... question of whether Hitler or Cromwell were bad fellows . Their task was rather to understand the factors that had ... questions were as pertinent as the ' winners " answers . The duel with Marxists was not the only area in which Isaiah ...
... question of whether Hitler or Cromwell were bad fellows . Their task was rather to understand the factors that had ... questions were as pertinent as the ' winners " answers . The duel with Marxists was not the only area in which Isaiah ...
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A Life Michael Ignatieff. question there must be one true answer ; that these truths were accessible to all human beings ; and that all the true answers to true questions must be compatible with each other . ' He knew that this triad of ...
A Life Michael Ignatieff. question there must be one true answer ; that these truths were accessible to all human beings ; and that all the true answers to true questions must be compatible with each other . ' He knew that this triad of ...
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