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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... apparent even in Dante . Grown more sophisti- cated , men now knew better than the rude knights and barons before them ; yet we have countless examples of incredible barbarity — such as King Ferrante of Naples , showing off as an after ...
... apparent even in Dante . Grown more sophisti- cated , men now knew better than the rude knights and barons before them ; yet we have countless examples of incredible barbarity — such as King Ferrante of Naples , showing off as an after ...
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... apparent influence than The Prince , at least for a century or so , they make it easier to understand and to honor Machiavelli's much - maligned classic . He never argued for abso- lutism as an ideal . As he repeatedly insisted , he was ...
... apparent influence than The Prince , at least for a century or so , they make it easier to understand and to honor Machiavelli's much - maligned classic . He never argued for abso- lutism as an ideal . As he repeatedly insisted , he was ...
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... apparent twinge of conscience . Similarly they agreed that while com- merce was always a spiritually dangerous business , finance was posi- tively sinful ; they all branded as " usury " the charging of interest on loans , the main ...
... apparent twinge of conscience . Similarly they agreed that while com- merce was always a spiritually dangerous business , finance was posi- tively sinful ; they all branded as " usury " the charging of interest on loans , the main ...
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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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