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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... rest , which is God . " There was good reason , indeed , for the persistent hostility to this restless , anonymous " middle " class . The plainest motive of the merchants was sordid - only to buy cheap and sell dear ; and often they ...
... rest , which is God . " There was good reason , indeed , for the persistent hostility to this restless , anonymous " middle " class . The plainest motive of the merchants was sordid - only to buy cheap and sell dear ; and often they ...
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... rest , the main issue Rabelais raises is the celebrated motto of his ideal Abbey of Thélème : DO WHAT THOU WILT . This school had no walls , no laws , no authorities , no discipline of any kind ; its inmates lived " according to their ...
... rest , the main issue Rabelais raises is the celebrated motto of his ideal Abbey of Thélème : DO WHAT THOU WILT . This school had no walls , no laws , no authorities , no discipline of any kind ; its inmates lived " according to their ...
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... rest , just as the “ essence " of things is immutable . As for the spheres , they were kept rolling by pressing into service the celestial Spirits or Intelligences of yore . Galileo had done away with the logical need of such spirits by ...
... rest , just as the “ essence " of things is immutable . As for the spheres , they were kept rolling by pressing into service the celestial Spirits or Intelligences of yore . Galileo had done away with the logical need of such spirits by ...
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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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