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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... truths , to seek understanding instead of blind faith , in effect to maintain the grounds of a free man's worship ... truth could be attained only by reason , not by revelation . While it came to accept the belief of St. Thomas that ...
... truths , to seek understanding instead of blind faith , in effect to maintain the grounds of a free man's worship ... truth could be attained only by reason , not by revelation . While it came to accept the belief of St. Thomas that ...
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... truth . Likewise Bayle , who at times verged on utter skepticism , cru- saded against error with a passion that presupposed the truth that could be got by " natural understanding . " Scientists had established a new kind of authority ...
... truth . Likewise Bayle , who at times verged on utter skepticism , cru- saded against error with a passion that presupposed the truth that could be got by " natural understanding . " Scientists had established a new kind of authority ...
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... truth remains that they were bound to appeal to it . They saw their society governed by institu- tions and beliefs that were hallowed by tradition , sanctified by author- ity , and that nevertheless seemed to them often unjust ...
... truth remains that they were bound to appeal to it . They saw their society governed by institu- tions and beliefs that were hallowed by tradition , sanctified by author- ity , and that nevertheless seemed to them often unjust ...
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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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