Against the Current: Essays in the History of IdeasHogarth Press, 1979 - 394 Seiten In this outstanding collection of essays, Isaiah Berlin, one of the great thinkers of the twentieth century, discusses the importance in the history of thought of dissenters whose ideas still challenge conventional wisdom--among them Machiavelli, Vico, Montesquieu, Herzen, and Sorel. With his unusual powers of imaginative re-creation, Berlin brings to life original minds that swam against the current of their times. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved. |
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... ends just as ultimate as the Christian faith , a society in which men fight and are ready to die for ( public ) ends which they pursue for their own sakes . They are choosing not a realm of means ( called politics ) as opposed to a ...
... ends just as ultimate as the Christian faith , a society in which men fight and are ready to die for ( public ) ends which they pursue for their own sakes . They are choosing not a realm of means ( called politics ) as opposed to a ...
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... ends to be pursued by men that which would make men free and happy , strong and rational . - Some thought that there was a single end for all men in all circum- stances , or different ends for men of different kinds or in dissimilar ...
... ends to be pursued by men that which would make men free and happy , strong and rational . - Some thought that there was a single end for all men in all circum- stances , or different ends for men of different kinds or in dissimilar ...
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... ends , and dismiss each other's moral notions as objectively and demonstrably false or wicked . Rationa- lity to him was not merely knowledge of how to adapt means to ends , or an adequate grasp of historical causation – in particular ...
... ends , and dismiss each other's moral notions as objectively and demonstrably false or wicked . Rationa- lity to him was not merely knowledge of how to adapt means to ends , or an adequate grasp of historical causation – in particular ...
Inhalt
Authors Note page | vii |
The CounterEnlightenment | xxv |
The Originality of Machiavelli | 25 |
Urheberrecht | |
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