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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... concern here — the bearings of his gospel on the issues of freedom . As might also be expected , the bearings are ambiguous ; like the prophets of all gods , Mohammed ( or the Angel Gabriel ) had far more to say about the duties than ...
... concern here — the bearings of his gospel on the issues of freedom . As might also be expected , the bearings are ambiguous ; like the prophets of all gods , Mohammed ( or the Angel Gabriel ) had far more to say about the duties than ...
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... concern of even the most high - minded churchmen , any more than it had been with the great prophets of Israel . The immediate concern of Christian thinkers was order , their ultimate concern was salvation in a life to come ; so the ...
... concern of even the most high - minded churchmen , any more than it had been with the great prophets of Israel . The immediate concern of Christian thinkers was order , their ultimate concern was salvation in a life to come ; so the ...
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... concern over the nature of spiritual substance — a vital concern if one takes seriously the idea of an immortal soul . The question hardly makes for profitable debate ; but it might seem less silly if moderns began to think a little ...
... concern over the nature of spiritual substance — a vital concern if one takes seriously the idea of an immortal soul . The question hardly makes for profitable debate ; but it might seem less silly if moderns began to think a little ...
Contenido
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 |
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