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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... true freedom , " the idea that a person is " really " free only when he is being his " true self , " acting in perfect accordance with reason , doing his duty to God or state , or in general doing what is right and good . The trouble ...
... true freedom , " the idea that a person is " really " free only when he is being his " true self , " acting in perfect accordance with reason , doing his duty to God or state , or in general doing what is right and good . The trouble ...
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... true prophets before him , from Abraham and Moses to Jesus , and therefore respected Jews and Christians as " people of the Book . " He claimed only that he was the last of the prophets , completing their work in a final revelation ...
... true prophets before him , from Abraham and Moses to Jesus , and therefore respected Jews and Christians as " people of the Book . " He claimed only that he was the last of the prophets , completing their work in a final revelation ...
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... True Church , which by definition is incorruptible and infallible , and the historic Church . The latter , to cite Jacques Maritian , was admittedly guilty of " certain excesses " or " impurities arising from the spirit of this world ...
... True Church , which by definition is incorruptible and infallible , and the historic Church . The latter , to cite Jacques Maritian , was admittedly guilty of " certain excesses " or " impurities arising from the spirit of this world ...
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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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