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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... possible - values not universally recog nized by the wise and holy men of the past . It implies further social and cultural values from the outset of research , for these determine a historian's selection of what is " important " -a ...
... possible - values not universally recog nized by the wise and holy men of the past . It implies further social and cultural values from the outset of research , for these determine a historian's selection of what is " important " -a ...
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... possible was due to the spread of Oriental culture by this maritime route . Western Europe was profiting by a growing trade in metals , as it was rich in copper and tin , and it also faced both the Mediterranean and the Atlantic ...
... possible was due to the spread of Oriental culture by this maritime route . Western Europe was profiting by a growing trade in metals , as it was rich in copper and tin , and it also faced both the Mediterranean and the Atlantic ...
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... possible worlds , " God help man.2 Actually , man could do much to make it better . As the awful earthquake at Lisbon was followed by an auto - da - fé , so almost all the evils that afflicted 2 It should be noted that Voltaire was ...
... possible worlds , " God help man.2 Actually , man could do much to make it better . As the awful earthquake at Lisbon was followed by an auto - da - fé , so almost all the evils that afflicted 2 It should be noted that Voltaire was ...
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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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