Enlightening

Author: Isaiah Berlin
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ISBN: B008BSOI7O

Enlightening: Letters 1946 - 1960

'People are my landscape', Isaiah Berlin liked to say, and nowhere is the truth of this observation more evident than in his letters. Get Enlightening literature books for free.
He is a fascinated watcher of human beings in all their variety, and revels in describing them to his many correspondents. His letters combine ironic social comedy and a passionate concern for individual freedom. His interpretation of political events, historical and contemporary, and his views on how life should be lived, are always grounded in the personal, and his fiercest condemnation is reserved for purveyors of grand abstract theories that ignore what people are really like.

This second volume of Berlin's letters takes up the story when, after war service in the United States, he returns to li Check Enlightening our best literature books for 2013. All books are available in pdf format and downloadable from rapidshare, 4shared, and mediafire.

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