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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... question of its conditions from the question of its proper uses or ends . Yet I should now emphasize that we cannot evade this further problem , simply as we try to under- stand the history of Western freedom . We all know that freedom ...
... question of its conditions from the question of its proper uses or ends . Yet I should now emphasize that we cannot evade this further problem , simply as we try to under- stand the history of Western freedom . We all know that freedom ...
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... questions not settled by the Koran . The hadith ran into hundreds of thousands because the faithful put the seal of the ... question the infallibility of the Prophet . And though he stated that “ infallibility is a primary necessity of ...
... questions not settled by the Koran . The hadith ran into hundreds of thousands because the faithful put the seal of the ... question the infallibility of the Prophet . And though he stated that “ infallibility is a primary necessity of ...
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... question what are the facts — they asked a profounder question : What is the truth ? And they knew all the essential truths about God , man , and the universe , on the very best authority . No more were they behind the times . They ...
... question what are the facts — they asked a profounder question : What is the truth ? And they knew all the essential truths about God , man , and the universe , on the very best authority . No more were they behind the times . They ...
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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