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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... timber partnership of his own . When Isaiah was born the next year - and named after the departed patriarch - he came into the world at the highest point of his family's fortunes . Mendel quickly became head of the Riga association of ...
... timber partnership of his own . When Isaiah was born the next year - and named after the departed patriarch - he came into the world at the highest point of his family's fortunes . Mendel quickly became head of the Riga association of ...
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... timber concessions were concentrated . Mendel himself went to Petrograd to secure compensation for his fire loss , in an atmosphere , so he hoped , ' less poisonous ' than that of Riga . ' Andreapol , a logging town of about 1,000 ...
... timber concessions were concentrated . Mendel himself went to Petrograd to secure compensation for his fire loss , in an atmosphere , so he hoped , ' less poisonous ' than that of Riga . ' Andreapol , a logging town of about 1,000 ...
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... timber yards of Riga , trying to raise the consciousness of Jewish timber workers . After the revolution , he escaped Russia via the Black Sea and Constantinople . In London there was no real place for such a rare social type . He had ...
... timber yards of Riga , trying to raise the consciousness of Jewish timber workers . After the revolution , he escaped Russia via the Black Sea and Constantinople . In London there was no real place for such a rare social type . He had ...
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