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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... fact ; and one might wonder at the value or even the reality of such " freedom . " Modern positivists scientific analysts of the " idols of the market - place " -have in fact called all these key words " meaningless . " Still , we ...
... fact ; and one might wonder at the value or even the reality of such " freedom . " Modern positivists scientific analysts of the " idols of the market - place " -have in fact called all these key words " meaningless . " Still , we ...
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... facts ; it was implicitly hostile to an unreasoned faith , or to belief supported only by the authority of custom or tradition . Hence both Fontenelle and Bayle insisted that the fact of universal belief in a fable , over no matter how ...
... facts ; it was implicitly hostile to an unreasoned faith , or to belief supported only by the authority of custom or tradition . Hence both Fontenelle and Bayle insisted that the fact of universal belief in a fable , over no matter how ...
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... fact emphasized these uniformities by declaring the cause of Humanity , the principle of equality , the rights of all men to life , liberty , and the pursuit of happi- ness . At the same time , they may emphasize the facts of cultural ...
... fact emphasized these uniformities by declaring the cause of Humanity , the principle of equality , the rights of all men to life , liberty , and the pursuit of happi- ness . At the same time , they may emphasize the facts of cultural ...
Contenido
The Rise and Fall of Islam | 1 |
THE Origins of WESTERN CIVILIZATION | 25 |
The Medieval Sources of Freedom | 47 |
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