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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... never- theless fettered by the premises they were obliged to accept , and by attitudes that discouraged free , disinterested inquiry . Faith remained primary ; reason could never openly question the fundamentals of faith , its main ...
... never- theless fettered by the premises they were obliged to accept , and by attitudes that discouraged free , disinterested inquiry . Faith remained primary ; reason could never openly question the fundamentals of faith , its main ...
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... never so malignant or cruel as some despots , he took quite literally his divine right to rule as he saw fit , and his word was as literally law . He made it plain that the decent respect he showed for custom or traditional privilege ...
... never so malignant or cruel as some despots , he took quite literally his divine right to rule as he saw fit , and his word was as literally law . He made it plain that the decent respect he showed for custom or traditional privilege ...
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... never forgot the Bastille ; so revolution remained the mode - tried again in 1830 , 1848 , 1870. The cleavage between Right and Left was deepened by spiritual descendants of the old aristocracy and clergy , who never forgave the ...
... never forgot the Bastille ; so revolution remained the mode - tried again in 1830 , 1848 , 1870. The cleavage between Right and Left was deepened by spiritual descendants of the old aristocracy and clergy , who never forgave the ...
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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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