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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... French Revolution has been played down by professional revolutionists in our time , it still looks like the great turning point in modern history . Revolutions have been going on ever since . Waves of them spread over western Europe in ...
... French Revolution has been played down by professional revolutionists in our time , it still looks like the great turning point in modern history . Revolutions have been going on ever since . Waves of them spread over western Europe in ...
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... French Revolution is but the forerunner of another revo- lution , far more grand , far more solemn , which will be the last . " After the execution of Babeuf an ardent disciple ... French people had submitted THE FRENCH REVOLUTION 395.
... French Revolution is but the forerunner of another revo- lution , far more grand , far more solemn , which will be the last . " After the execution of Babeuf an ardent disciple ... French people had submitted THE FRENCH REVOLUTION 395.
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... French , England emerged as the champion of the liberties of Europe . Immediately the patriotism strengthened the monarchs who finally united to defeat Napoleon , and thereupon inaugurated the reactionary era presided over by Metternich ...
... French , England emerged as the champion of the liberties of Europe . Immediately the patriotism strengthened the monarchs who finally united to defeat Napoleon , and thereupon inaugurated the reactionary era presided over by Metternich ...
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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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