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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... especially Dante . For the example of the medie- val saints and the growth of medieval theology widened the gap between ideal and popular Christianity . Popular religion was increasingly de- graded by such gross superstition as the cult ...
... especially Dante . For the example of the medie- val saints and the growth of medieval theology widened the gap between ideal and popular Christianity . Popular religion was increasingly de- graded by such gross superstition as the cult ...
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... especially about means of instituting them , and medieval practice fell far short of them . In the next chapter we must emphasize that outside of England states failed to develop legal , constitutional means of enforcing the principle ...
... especially about means of instituting them , and medieval practice fell far short of them . In the next chapter we must emphasize that outside of England states failed to develop legal , constitutional means of enforcing the principle ...
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... especially because large - scale , im- personal business does not make for refinement of conscience . A deeper source of corruption , however , was the admirable Protestant principle of individualism , best exemplified by the " inner ...
... especially because large - scale , im- personal business does not make for refinement of conscience . A deeper source of corruption , however , was the admirable Protestant principle of individualism , best exemplified by the " inner ...
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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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