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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... remained one of the world's major religions , which today numbers some 300,000,000 followers . The Moslem world , now astir , is again a force that the West must reckon with . Yet this stir has been due to Western impact , after ...
... remained one of the world's major religions , which today numbers some 300,000,000 followers . The Moslem world , now astir , is again a force that the West must reckon with . Yet this stir has been due to Western impact , after ...
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... remained generally illiberal , more often opposing than leading the movement toward social reform , or the emancipation of the working class . In every chapter we have to return to this unhappy theme . As for the Mid- dle Ages , at best ...
... remained generally illiberal , more often opposing than leading the movement toward social reform , or the emancipation of the working class . In every chapter we have to return to this unhappy theme . As for the Mid- dle Ages , at best ...
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... remained a congeries of principalities , whose independence was guaranteed by the Peace of Westphalia that ended the Thirty Years ' War ; until Prussia became a strong nation its people had little voice in European affairs . Similarly ...
... remained a congeries of principalities , whose independence was guaranteed by the Peace of Westphalia that ended the Thirty Years ' War ; until Prussia became a strong nation its people had little voice in European affairs . Similarly ...
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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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