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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... Constitution . They had reasons that still make it a controversial subject . To a great many men the Constitution looked more like a conserva- tive reaction against the Revolution than a democratic fulfillment of it . Condorcet deplored ...
... Constitution . They had reasons that still make it a controversial subject . To a great many men the Constitution looked more like a conserva- tive reaction against the Revolution than a democratic fulfillment of it . Condorcet deplored ...
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... Constitution ratified , for in some states - notably such key ones as Massachusetts , Virginia , and New York - there was at first . a positive majority against it . In the processes of ratification many of the people had no direct ...
... Constitution ratified , for in some states - notably such key ones as Massachusetts , Virginia , and New York - there was at first . a positive majority against it . In the processes of ratification many of the people had no direct ...
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... Constitution specified no such qualifications for holding office , as no religious qualifications either . And the event proved Franklin right : it was a rising sun . Under this new form of government the nation not only prospered but ...
... Constitution specified no such qualifications for holding office , as no religious qualifications either . And the event proved Franklin right : it was a rising sun . Under this new form of government the nation not only prospered but ...
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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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