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 84
... remembered seeing on his mantelpiece a metal sign that he had obviously acquired from an Oxford garage . It read simply : ' Austin'.23 Austin and Berlin took to one another immediately , although the pairing was unlikely : a ...
... remembered seeing on his mantelpiece a metal sign that he had obviously acquired from an Oxford garage . It read simply : ' Austin'.23 Austin and Berlin took to one another immediately , although the pairing was unlikely : a ...
Page 94
... remembered , ' terribly boring ' . After a few initial questions , Wittgenstein became impatient and took over the discussion . Berlin remembered him saying , ' No , no , that is not the way to go about it at all . Let me . Don't let's ...
... remembered , ' terribly boring ' . After a few initial questions , Wittgenstein became impatient and took over the discussion . Berlin remembered him saying , ' No , no , that is not the way to go about it at all . Let me . Don't let's ...
Page 270
... remembered him in his office dictating letters on his Grundig machine , clicking the record button on and off , interspersing dictation with remarks and jokes to people in the room . His Scottish secretary had to transcribe these tapes ...
... remembered him in his office dictating letters on his Grundig machine , clicking the record button on and off , interspersing dictation with remarks and jokes to people in the room . His Scottish secretary had to transcribe these tapes ...
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