The Crooked Timber of Humanity: Chapters in the History of IdeasKnopf, 1991 - 277 Seiten "Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made".--Immanuel Kant. Philosopher Isaiah Berlin explores the complex, radical changes that have swept Western society as he proves to be "an activist of the intellect". "A beautifully patterned tapestry of philosophical thought. . . . A history of ideas that possesses all the drama of a novel, all the immediacy of headline news".--"The New York Times". Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved. |
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... human , they are not beings with whom I can communicate - there is a real barrier . They are not human for me . I cannot even call their values subjective if I cannot conceive what it would be like to pursue such a life . What is clear ...
... human , they are not beings with whom I can communicate - there is a real barrier . They are not human for me . I cannot even call their values subjective if I cannot conceive what it would be like to pursue such a life . What is clear ...
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... human beings is the policy of governments , of industrial enterprises , indeed of all large - scale economic ( and cultural ) activities in capitalist and communist ... human beings as specifically human , that is , as 256 ISAIAH BERLIN.
... human beings is the policy of governments , of industrial enterprises , indeed of all large - scale economic ( and cultural ) activities in capitalist and communist ... human beings as specifically human , that is , as 256 ISAIAH BERLIN.
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... human cry for independence from its rule . It is a cry for room in which men can seek to realise their natures , quirks and all , to live lives free from dictation or coercion from teachers , masters , bullies and persuaders and ...
... human cry for independence from its rule . It is a cry for room in which men can seek to realise their natures , quirks and all , to live lives free from dictation or coercion from teachers , masters , bullies and persuaders and ...
Inhalt
The Pursuit of the Ideal | 1 |
The Decline of Utopian Ideas in the West | 20 |
Giambattista Vico and Cultural History | 49 |
Urheberrecht | |
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ancient Aristotle authority believed Bonald Christian church civilisation common conception conflict consciousness created creative CROOKED TIMBER culture divine doctrine eighteenth century ends Enlightenment equally eternal existence fact faith Fascism feeling Fichte forces France freedom French Friedrich Schlegel German Giambattista Vico goals happiness harmonious Hegel human ideal ideas ignorance imagination incompatible individual intellectual J. S. Mill Johann Gottfried Herder Joseph de Maistre kind knowledge language laws Léon Bloy liberal liberty live Maistre's mankind Marx Marxist methods modern Montesquieu moral movement natural sciences nineteenth century objective organisation outlook perfect perhaps philosophers Plato political principle progress questions rationalist realise reason recognised relativism resistance revolution romantic romanticism Rousseau rules Russian scientific seek seems sense social society spirit St Petersburg thinkers thought tradition true answers truth ultimate ultramontane understand universal Utopias values Vico and Herder Vico's violent virtues vision Voltaire