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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... gave birth to Gothic art , and was the center of the brilliant renaissance of the twelfth century . Einhard , the contemporary biographer of Charlemagne , reports that the most Christian Roman emperor authorized the preservation of old ...
... gave birth to Gothic art , and was the center of the brilliant renaissance of the twelfth century . Einhard , the contemporary biographer of Charlemagne , reports that the most Christian Roman emperor authorized the preservation of old ...
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... gave it not only a higher social prestige but much of its drive and sense of dedication . It made business no mere occupation but a " calling , " as by acquiring wealth the Christian could do more good . With the gospel of work it ...
... gave it not only a higher social prestige but much of its drive and sense of dedication . It made business no mere occupation but a " calling , " as by acquiring wealth the Christian could do more good . With the gospel of work it ...
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... gave it the modern meaning , describing it as " the ordeal of experience " —the kind of ordeal known to Kepler . Likewise the pioneers gave the modern meaning to the word " science , " which the Greeks had never distinguished clearly ...
... gave it the modern meaning , describing it as " the ordeal of experience " —the kind of ordeal known to Kepler . Likewise the pioneers gave the modern meaning to the word " science , " which the Greeks had never distinguished clearly ...
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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 |
Términos y frases comunes
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