Freedom in the Western World: From the Dark Ages to the Rise of DemocracyHarper & Row, 1963 - 428 páginas 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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... America what they already believed or what they wanted to see ; but the fact remains that the curtain on the great revolutionary drama went up in America . 2. Revolution in the New World Although Americans have long been united in a ...
... America what they already believed or what they wanted to see ; but the fact remains that the curtain on the great revolutionary drama went up in America . 2. Revolution in the New World Although Americans have long been united in a ...
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... America a world symbol . " Opportunity " became a national byword because the New World was in fact a land of opportunity for common men , as some million had testified by leaving their homeland ; and the first thing they wanted ...
... America a world symbol . " Opportunity " became a national byword because the New World was in fact a land of opportunity for common men , as some million had testified by leaving their homeland ; and the first thing they wanted ...
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... America , which ended their empire on the continent , em- boldened the English colonists by freeing them from fears of dangerous enemies on their borders . At the same time , the war had almost doubled the national debt of England ; so ...
... America , which ended their empire on the continent , em- boldened the English colonists by freeing them from fears of dangerous enemies on their borders . At the same time , the war had almost doubled the national debt of England ; so ...
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The Rise and Fall of Islam | 1 |
THE Origins of WESTERN CIVILIZATION | 25 |
The Medieval Sources of Freedom | 47 |
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Freedom in the Western World: From the Dark Ages to the Rise of Democracy Herbert Joseph Muller Vista de fragmentos - 1963 |
Freedom in the Western World: From the Dark Ages to the Rise of Democracy Herbert Joseph Muller Vista de fragmentos - 1963 |
Términos y frases comunes
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