Against the Current : Essays in the History of Ideas - Second Edition /

In this outstanding collection of essays, Isaiah Berlin, one of the great thinkers of the twentieth century, discusses the importance of dissenters in the history of ideas--among them Machiavelli, Vico, Montesquieu, Herzen, and Sorel. With his unusual powers of imaginative re-creation, Berlin brings...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Berlin, Isaiah, 1909-1997 (Author)
Other Authors: Hardy, Henry (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2013]
Edition:2nd ed.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Philosophy.
Idea (Philosophy)
PHILOSOPHY > Criticism.
PHILOSOPHY > History & Surveys > General.
philosophy.
Idee (Philosophie)
Philosophie.
Philosophy
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:In this outstanding collection of essays, Isaiah Berlin, one of the great thinkers of the twentieth century, discusses the importance of dissenters in the history of ideas--among them Machiavelli, Vico, Montesquieu, Herzen, and Sorel. With his unusual powers of imaginative re-creation, Berlin brings to life original minds that swam against the current of their times--and still challenge conventional wisdom. In a new foreword to this corrected edition, which also includes a new appendix of letters in which Berlin discusses and further illuminates some of its topics, noted essayist Mark.
Physical Description:1 online resource.
ISBN:9781400843237

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