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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... common man , and the common uses of freedom ; almost all are given to dismay , sometimes to despair , over our society . Taking for granted the exceptional rights and opportunities they enjoy , they may forget that they are judging our ...
... common man , and the common uses of freedom ; almost all are given to dismay , sometimes to despair , over our society . Taking for granted the exceptional rights and opportunities they enjoy , they may forget that they are judging our ...
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... common people . Like other respectable Chris- tians , accordingly , he was soon frightened by the excesses of the ... common people : " The princes of this world are gods , the common people are Satan . . . . I would rather suffer a ...
... common people . Like other respectable Chris- tians , accordingly , he was soon frightened by the excesses of the ... common people : " The princes of this world are gods , the common people are Satan . . . . I would rather suffer a ...
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... common law of England . He reflected all the major developments of the past two centuries - the humanism of the Renaissance , the discovery of the New World , the rise of the middle class , and especially the rise of science . Hence ...
... common law of England . He reflected all the major developments of the past two centuries - the humanism of the Renaissance , the discovery of the New World , the rise of the middle class , and especially the rise of science . Hence ...
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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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