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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... century ) . In thought generally it both fortified and supplemented the classical tradition of rationalism by more empi- rical sense , or concern with fact . Accordingly , it had much to do with the revolutionary developments to come ...
... century ) . In thought generally it both fortified and supplemented the classical tradition of rationalism by more empi- rical sense , or concern with fact . Accordingly , it had much to do with the revolutionary developments to come ...
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... Century of Genius In labeling the seventeenth century the " Century of Genius , " White- head remarked truly that we are still living upon " the accumulated capital of ideas " provided by its genius . We might therefore suspect , as he ...
... Century of Genius In labeling the seventeenth century the " Century of Genius , " White- head remarked truly that we are still living upon " the accumulated capital of ideas " provided by its genius . We might therefore suspect , as he ...
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... Century Background , London , 1934 . Wolf , A .: A History of Science , Technology and Philosophy in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries , 2 vols . , New York ( Harper Torchbooks ) , 1959 . PART III : THE RISE OF DEMOCRACY Becker ...
... Century Background , London , 1934 . Wolf , A .: A History of Science , Technology and Philosophy in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries , 2 vols . , New York ( Harper Torchbooks ) , 1959 . PART III : THE RISE OF DEMOCRACY Becker ...
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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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