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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Página 82
... universal , embracing only those of the proper faith , it was more catholic than the national ideal that superseded it ; and it was no mere fiction . In the early Middle Ages men were likely to think of themselves first as Christians ...
... universal , embracing only those of the proper faith , it was more catholic than the national ideal that superseded it ; and it was no mere fiction . In the early Middle Ages men were likely to think of themselves first as Christians ...
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... universal Rights of Man , it proclaimed a new era of universal peace and justice ; and it culminated in a Reign of Terror , dictatorship , and imperialistic wars involving all Europe , heralding the World Wars to come . So we had better ...
... universal Rights of Man , it proclaimed a new era of universal peace and justice ; and it culminated in a Reign of Terror , dictatorship , and imperialistic wars involving all Europe , heralding the World Wars to come . So we had better ...
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... universal gospel of Liberty , Equality , Fraternity , which could inspire no less idealism and heroism because it ... universal in Europe , outside of England , and a century later representative , consti- tutional government was nearly ...
... universal gospel of Liberty , Equality , Fraternity , which could inspire no less idealism and heroism because it ... universal in Europe , outside of England , and a century later representative , consti- tutional government was nearly ...
Contenido
The Rise and Fall of Islam | 1 |
THE ORIGINS OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION | 25 |
The Medieval Sources of Freedom | 47 |
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