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 over largely to Colbert , who had a bourgeois genius for it . Colbert controlled the state finances , closely regulated commerce , established the first office to collect statistics , superintended the develop- ment of national ...
... turned over largely to Colbert , who had a bourgeois genius for it . Colbert controlled the state finances , closely regulated commerce , established the first office to collect statistics , superintended the develop- ment of national ...
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... turned out that man's behavior was not necessarily determined after all - the real trouble was that he had long been “ a mere machine in the hands of tyrants and priests , " wicked and wretched because of igno- rance . The conclusion ...
... turned out that man's behavior was not necessarily determined after all - the real trouble was that he had long been “ a mere machine in the hands of tyrants and priests , " wicked and wretched because of igno- rance . The conclusion ...
Contenido
The Rise and Fall of Islam | 1 |
THE ORIGINS OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION | 25 |
The Medieval Sources of Freedom | 47 |
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