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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... person , even the sanctity of per- sonality : every person must be respected because he was created in the image of God , endowed with a personal soul . Needless to add , he never has been or will be fully respected , and certainly he ...
... person , even the sanctity of per- sonality : every person must be respected because he was created in the image of God , endowed with a personal soul . Needless to add , he never has been or will be fully respected , and certainly he ...
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... person , even the person of the com- mon man . The popular cause gained momentum as men came to believe that poverty and misery were remediable social evils , something could and should be done about them . Their hopes were nourished by ...
... person , even the person of the com- mon man . The popular cause gained momentum as men came to believe that poverty and misery were remediable social evils , something could and should be done about them . Their hopes were nourished by ...
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... person or in the person of another , as an end withal , never as a means only . " If this standard is hardly feasible for social life , which always requires the subordination and to some extent the sacrifice of the person to the common ...
... person or in the person of another , as an end withal , never as a means only . " If this standard is hardly feasible for social life , which always requires the subordination and to some extent the sacrifice of the person to the common ...
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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