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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... followed upon an amazing outburst of creative energy that had made a world essentially different from both the classical and the medieval . And though the Renaissance was not a movement toward political free- dom - though it was marked ...
... followed upon an amazing outburst of creative energy that had made a world essentially different from both the classical and the medieval . And though the Renaissance was not a movement toward political free- dom - though it was marked ...
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... followed in his wake might have a high sense of mission , but certainly they were unabashed in their greed for gold . If simple greed animated other explorers too , it may be fairer and more illuminating to say that the ruling motives ...
... followed in his wake might have a high sense of mission , but certainly they were unabashed in their greed for gold . If simple greed animated other explorers too , it may be fairer and more illuminating to say that the ruling motives ...
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... followed the Second Partition of Poland . In western Europe the Belgians forced the issue more sharply by their successful rebellion against Joseph II . When a democratic party proposed equal representation for all citizens in the ...
... followed the Second Partition of Poland . In western Europe the Belgians forced the issue more sharply by their successful rebellion against Joseph II . When a democratic party proposed equal representation for all citizens in the ...
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 |
Términos y frases comunes
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