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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... become less of a museum . All in all , the nation - state was by no means the simple power struc- ture pictured by Machiavelli and later realists . Although perpetually addicted to the use of military force , it was not created or ...
... become less of a museum . All in all , the nation - state was by no means the simple power struc- ture pictured by Machiavelli and later realists . Although perpetually addicted to the use of military force , it was not created or ...
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... become the vogue among the rulers of Europe . Science began revolutionizing thought precisely because it was not materialistic , but had got free from merely practical concerns . As it turned out to be the greatest power that man had ...
... become the vogue among the rulers of Europe . Science began revolutionizing thought precisely because it was not materialistic , but had got free from merely practical concerns . As it turned out to be the greatest power that man had ...
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... become a victim of the revulsion against the French Revolution , a mob pillaging his house and burning his books . ( He sought refuge in America , where he died , but was too radical to be popular there either . ) Otherwise the English ...
... become a victim of the revulsion against the French Revolution , a mob pillaging his house and burning his books . ( He sought refuge in America , where he died , but was too radical to be popular there either . ) Otherwise the English ...
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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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