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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... least it was a poor way of inspiring the patriotism of the Italians to which Machia- velli appealed in his eloquent , forlorn concluding chapter . And in fact it did not work in his own age . Most of the rulers of Italy had long been ...
... least it was a poor way of inspiring the patriotism of the Italians to which Machia- velli appealed in his eloquent , forlorn concluding chapter . And in fact it did not work in his own age . Most of the rulers of Italy had long been ...
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... least genuine as an expression of the con- temporary sense of drama and power . Similarly the regal accompani- ments of the baroque the formal garden , the palatial square , the avenue - created a sense at once of openness and order or ...
... least genuine as an expression of the con- temporary sense of drama and power . Similarly the regal accompani- ments of the baroque the formal garden , the palatial square , the avenue - created a sense at once of openness and order or ...
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... least disposed to herald the political revolution in which the eighteenth century culminated . At its liveliest , political thought usually centered on party politics , a choice between the Tory and Whig oligarchies . Some radical ideas ...
... least disposed to herald the political revolution in which the eighteenth century culminated . At its liveliest , political thought usually centered on party politics , a choice between the Tory and Whig oligarchies . Some radical ideas ...
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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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