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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... live more nearly as they pleased forces more consideration of what they have chosen to believe and how they have been pleased to live . The rise of democracy in particular has forced the question of the uses or ends of freedom , for ...
... live more nearly as they pleased forces more consideration of what they have chosen to believe and how they have been pleased to live . The rise of democracy in particular has forced the question of the uses or ends of freedom , for ...
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... live as the greatest he ; and therefore truly , Sir , I think it is clear that every man that is to live under a Government ought first by his own consent to put himself under that Government . " When told that only the landed and ...
... live as the greatest he ; and therefore truly , Sir , I think it is clear that every man that is to live under a Government ought first by his own consent to put himself under that Government . " When told that only the landed and ...
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... live as they pleased instead of how it ought to please them to live . Liberals , one might add , are now least disposed to rejoice over the way most free Americans are pleased to live . Their complaints over the common uses of freedom ...
... live as they pleased instead of how it ought to please them to live . Liberals , one might add , are now least disposed to rejoice over the way most free Americans are pleased to live . Their complaints over the common uses of freedom ...
Inhalt
The Rise and Fall of Islam | 1 |
THE ORIGINS OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION | 25 |
The Medieval Sources of Freedom | 47 |
Urheberrecht | |
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