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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... means , and so confuse both the means and the ends of communal freedom . Granted its productivity ( in spite of a good deal of unproductive speculation ) , the emerging capitalistic society was not a genuine com- munity . The big ...
... means , and so confuse both the means and the ends of communal freedom . Granted its productivity ( in spite of a good deal of unproductive speculation ) , the emerging capitalistic society was not a genuine com- munity . The big ...
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... means ; but what end should the state serve ? In any rational view , the state too is a means to some end , some no- tion of the well - being of its people . In practice , it was an end in itself . More precisely , its end was material ...
... means ; but what end should the state serve ? In any rational view , the state too is a means to some end , some no- tion of the well - being of its people . In practice , it was an end in itself . More precisely , its end was material ...
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... means of discrediting the authority of Aristotle , proving the superiority of the inductive method . However crude his conception of this method , he had hit upon the essential truth that it was the most positive means to discovery ...
... means of discrediting the authority of Aristotle , proving the superiority of the inductive method . However crude his conception of this method , he had hit upon the essential truth that it was the most positive means to discovery ...
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
achievement actual Americans apparent authority basic became become began beginning belief better called cause century Christian Church civilization classical clearly common concern Constitution culture early economic effect effort Empire England English Enlightenment equality especially essential Europe fact faith followed force France freedom French growth helped hope human idea ideal immediate important independence individual inspired interests Italy keep kind kings knowledge land later learning least less liberty live look Louis major means medieval Middle mind monarchy natural never once Parliament particular philosophical political popes popular possible practical principle question rational reason reform religion religious remained Renaissance Revolution revolutionary rise Roman royal rule scientific sense simple social society spirit theory things thinkers thought tion took tradition true truth universal Western whole