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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... young men ' to its values . The possibility that values - far from being objectively discernible like colours might be both contestable and incommensurable was not on anyone's horizon . - - From Moore , Isaiah then found his way to ...
... young men ' to its values . The possibility that values - far from being objectively discernible like colours might be both contestable and incommensurable was not on anyone's horizon . - - From Moore , Isaiah then found his way to ...
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... young Washington lawyer , then working for the Department of Justice ; Donald Hiss , a State Department official ; John Oakes , an official in intelligence ; and Edward Prichard , a jovial and preternaturally quick young lawyer from ...
... young Washington lawyer , then working for the Department of Justice ; Donald Hiss , a State Department official ; John Oakes , an official in intelligence ; and Edward Prichard , a jovial and preternaturally quick young lawyer from ...
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... young Marxists in the 1960s . Though he disagreed with his Marxist or Marxisant graduate students , their moral urgency reminded him of his beloved nineteenth - century Russian intelligentsia . But when one of them , Norman Birnbaum ...
... young Marxists in the 1960s . Though he disagreed with his Marxist or Marxisant graduate students , their moral urgency reminded him of his beloved nineteenth - century Russian intelligentsia . But when one of them , Norman Birnbaum ...
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