Freedom in the Western World: From the Dark Ages to the Rise of DemocracyHarper & Row, 1963 - 428 Seiten Herbert J. Muller examines the meaning of freedom in the great civilizations of the past including the Sumerian, Egyptian, Minoan, Assyrian, Persian, Phoenician, Greek, Roman and early Christian. Ranging from the attempts of the cave man to free himself from the tyranny of nature through magic and ritual, to the religious despotism of Byzantium, the author surveys freedom's gains and triumps, its losses and failures. In doing so, he provides the reader with new insight into the meaning and destiny of freedom in Western Civilization. |
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... John and his barons was a severely limited one , arising out of a practical conflict over money . John was selfish , unscrupulous , despotic , and cruel , yet he had a legiti- mate complaint : the king was not getting his share of the ...
... John and his barons was a severely limited one , arising out of a practical conflict over money . John was selfish , unscrupulous , despotic , and cruel , yet he had a legiti- mate complaint : the king was not getting his share of the ...
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... John Pym , John Goodwin , Henry Parker , John Selden , and Sir Henry Vane drew on the older tradition of Renaissance human- ism and rationalism , stemming from Erasmus . Similarly the Anglican opponents of Puritanism included some ...
... John Pym , John Goodwin , Henry Parker , John Selden , and Sir Henry Vane drew on the older tradition of Renaissance human- ism and rationalism , stemming from Erasmus . Similarly the Anglican opponents of Puritanism included some ...
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... John , King , 70 , 71 , 77 , 281 John of the Cross , St. , 170 John of Salisbury , 56 , 64 , 83 , 98 , 284 Jonson , Ben , 286 Joseph II of Austria , 354-57 , 360 Judaism , 4-6 , 10 , 54 Julius II , Pope , 92 Kant , I. , 314 , 316 , 320 ...
... John , King , 70 , 71 , 77 , 281 John of the Cross , St. , 170 John of Salisbury , 56 , 64 , 83 , 98 , 284 Jonson , Ben , 286 Joseph II of Austria , 354-57 , 360 Judaism , 4-6 , 10 , 54 Julius II , Pope , 92 Kant , I. , 314 , 316 , 320 ...
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The Rise and Fall of Islam | 1 |
THE Origins of WESTERN CIVILIZATION | 25 |
The Medieval Sources of Freedom | 47 |
Urheberrecht | |
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