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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... sceptic . In a letter written in 1989 he suggested that his scepticism was of long standing : - - I wish I could lay claim to having similar religious feelings or experiences - ever since I persuaded myself that a personal God - an old ...
... sceptic . In a letter written in 1989 he suggested that his scepticism was of long standing : - - I wish I could lay claim to having similar religious feelings or experiences - ever since I persuaded myself that a personal God - an old ...
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... sceptical . When Isaac Deutscher announced in The Times that the ancien régime was mellowing , Berlin thought the argument was ' clever rubbish'.25 As he reported to his mother , the Soviet historians were full of hearty bonhomie , but ...
... sceptical . When Isaac Deutscher announced in The Times that the ancien régime was mellowing , Berlin thought the argument was ' clever rubbish'.25 As he reported to his mother , the Soviet historians were full of hearty bonhomie , but ...
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... sceptic rather than a heretic and he expressed this radical scepticism gently , assuring the Chief Rabbi , Immanuel Jakobovits , that he would certainly like to believe in God and an after - life , but had simply no evidence that such ...
... sceptic rather than a heretic and he expressed this radical scepticism gently , assuring the Chief Rabbi , Immanuel Jakobovits , that he would certainly like to believe in God and an after - life , but had simply no evidence that such ...
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