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Les Lettres d'Isaiah Berlin

Cette série de lettres personnelles offre une fenêtre unique sur la vie et l'évolution intellectuelle d'un philosophe éminent du XXe siècle. Suivez son parcours d'un jeune étudiant à un penseur acclamé, capturant des moments clés de sa carrière universitaire et de ses expériences de guerre. La correspondance révèle non seulement son intellect naissant, mais aussi son enthousiasme pour la vie et ses aperçus personnels qui ont façonné son œuvre influente.

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Flourishing: Letters 1928-1946
Enlightening: Letters 1946 - 1960
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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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    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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    • 704pages
    • 25 heures de lecture
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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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    • 608pages
    • 22 heures de lecture

    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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