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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... side death , on every side grief , on every side desolation , " wrote Gregory ; " on every side we are being smitten , on every side our cup is being filled with draughts of bitterness . " With no worldly hopes whatever , except for the ...
... side death , on every side grief , on every side desolation , " wrote Gregory ; " on every side we are being smitten , on every side our cup is being filled with draughts of bitterness . " With no worldly hopes whatever , except for the ...
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... side ; or if they had any misgivings they felt impelled to redouble their own efforts , since they could no longer fall back on the Virgin , the saints , the magic of sacraments and relics , or any external aids to salvation , and then ...
... side ; or if they had any misgivings they felt impelled to redouble their own efforts , since they could no longer fall back on the Virgin , the saints , the magic of sacraments and relics , or any external aids to salvation , and then ...
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... side had any clear idea how to fight . The battles were by no means so decisive as the ensu- ing storms , which dispersed and wrecked the Armada ; both sides agreed that God settled the issue by sending winds and waves 288 PRELUDE : THE ...
... side had any clear idea how to fight . The battles were by no means so decisive as the ensu- ing storms , which dispersed and wrecked the Armada ; both sides agreed that God settled the issue by sending winds and waves 288 PRELUDE : THE ...
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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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