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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... turning point in history , dramatically signaling the collapse of the Roman Empire and inaugurating the Dark Ages ... turned out some new books . Lights glowed in such hitherto dark regions as Ireland , which gave birth to the genius ...
... turning point in history , dramatically signaling the collapse of the Roman Empire and inaugurating the Dark Ages ... turned out some new books . Lights glowed in such hitherto dark regions as Ireland , which gave birth to the genius ...
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... turned to the stuffy world of sense , and used their hands as well as their heads in experiments on matter . Perhaps the chief contribution of Christianity to science was the dignity it had conferred on manual labor , exemplified by the ...
... turned to the stuffy world of sense , and used their hands as well as their heads in experiments on matter . Perhaps the chief contribution of Christianity to science was the dignity it had conferred on manual labor , exemplified by the ...
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... turned him into a Tory he began betraying his own principle of wise government , “ to know the best time and manner of yielding what it is impossible to keep . " He opposed any effort at parliamentary reform , denouncing the most modest ...
... turned him into a Tory he began betraying his own principle of wise government , “ to know the best time and manner of yielding what it is impossible to keep . " He opposed any effort at parliamentary reform , denouncing the most modest ...
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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