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Brieven van Isaiah BerlinReeks

Deze reeks persoonlijke brieven biedt een uniek venster op het leven en de intellectuele evolutie van een vooraanstaande 20e-eeuwse filosoof. Volg zijn reis van jonge student tot gevierd denker, met cruciale momenten uit zijn academische carrière en oorlogservaringen. De correspondentie onthult niet alleen zijn ontluikende intellect, maar ook zijn levenslust en persoonlijke inzichten die zijn invloedrijke werk vormden.

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Flourishing: Letters 1928-1946
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    Flourishing: Letters 1928-1946

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    The collection of personal letters showcases the life and intellectual development of Isaiah Berlin, highlighting his journey from a young pupil to a prominent thinker. It captures his experiences at Oxford, his move to the U.S. during World War II, and his return to Britain in 1946. The letters reveal his burgeoning intellectual abilities and zest for life, providing a personal glimpse into the mind of one of the 20th century's most significant philosophical figures.

    Flourishing: Letters 1928-1946
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    Enlightening: Letters 1946 - 1960

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    Takes up the story of the author when, after war service in the United States, he returns to life as an Oxford don. This title charts years of academic frustration and self-doubt, the intellectual explosion when he moves from philosophy to the history of ideas, his growing national fame as broadcaster and lecturer.

    Enlightening: Letters 1946 - 1960
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    In the period covered here (1960-75) Isaiah Berlin creates Wolfson College, Oxford;At the same time Berlin publishes some of his most important work, including Four Essays on Liberty - the key texts of his liberal pluralism - and the essays later included in Vico and Herder.

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    Scrutinising the leading politicians of the day, including Reagan, Thatcher and Gorbachev, this book draws illuminating sketches of public figures, notably contrasting the personas of Alexander Solzhenitsyn and Andrey Sakharov.

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