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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... Christianity nevertheless did make to Western freedom . Because it began by embracing so many diverse , contradictory tendencies , from Jewish , Greek , and Roman sources , Christian tradition itself has pro- vided ideals to belie every ...
... Christianity nevertheless did make to Western freedom . Because it began by embracing so many diverse , contradictory tendencies , from Jewish , Greek , and Roman sources , Christian tradition itself has pro- vided ideals to belie every ...
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... Christian history it was , to justify Caesarism or absolute mon- archy ; it saddled Christians with a dual allegiance , and an endless , hope- less confusion over just what things were Caesar's and what were God's ; and it led to ...
... Christian history it was , to justify Caesarism or absolute mon- archy ; it saddled Christians with a dual allegiance , and an endless , hope- less confusion over just what things were Caesar's and what were God's ; and it led to ...
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... Christian duty to one's fellows . With success it was insensibly transformed into a principle of individual right to do as one pleased , especially with the property one had acquired . The inner - directed man was turning into the proud ...
... Christian duty to one's fellows . With success it was insensibly transformed into a principle of individual right to do as one pleased , especially with the property one had acquired . The inner - directed man was turning into the proud ...
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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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