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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... lived by mistaken , even absurd beliefs ; so we may fail in a decent respect for them , and forget that the historians of the future will point out that we too lived by myths . In particular we need to guard against the elementary but ...
... lived by mistaken , even absurd beliefs ; so we may fail in a decent respect for them , and forget that the historians of the future will point out that we too lived by myths . In particular we need to guard against the elementary but ...
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... lived in the town for a year and a day was legally free ; so a burgher was by definition a free man . In spite of the class divisions between merchants and workers , and the increasing differences in wealth and power , there was a ...
... lived in the town for a year and a day was legally free ; so a burgher was by definition a free man . In spite of the class divisions between merchants and workers , and the increasing differences in wealth and power , there was a ...
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... lived in huts or cabins on half - cleared farms and enjoyed a pretty meager culture , if they enjoyed it at all . A genera- tion after they won the Revolution that was only a postscript to the revolution they had made long before , the ...
... lived in huts or cabins on half - cleared farms and enjoyed a pretty meager culture , if they enjoyed it at all . A genera- tion after they won the Revolution that was only a postscript to the revolution they had made long before , 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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