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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... better jobs . They also had the support of government ; the increasing regulation of industry almost invariably favored employers . Thus in Belgium the lace industry was protected by a law providing that no girl over twelve should be ...
... better jobs . They also had the support of government ; the increasing regulation of industry almost invariably favored employers . Thus in Belgium the lace industry was protected by a law providing that no girl over twelve should be ...
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... better . 3. The French Revolution As everybody knows , the French Revolution was fought under the banner of Liberty , Equality , Fraternity , it declared the universal Rights of Man , it proclaimed a new era of universal peace and ...
... better . 3. The French Revolution As everybody knows , the French Revolution was fought under the banner of Liberty , Equality , Fraternity , it declared the universal Rights of Man , it proclaimed a new era of universal peace and ...
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... better than any imaginary one philosophers might conceive . His true insight into the process of organic growth was clouded by the dubious implication that the process was providential or virtually automatic , the wisdom of the species ...
... better than any imaginary one philosophers might conceive . His true insight into the process of organic growth was clouded by the dubious implication that the process was providential or virtually automatic , the wisdom of the species ...
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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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