Berlin, Sir Isaiah
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Berlin, Sir Isaiah (1909–97), is best known as a political philosopher for his defence of liberalism and moral pluralism (see
Four Essays on Liberty, 1969), views which, as historian of ideas, he has explored in his work on the recognition of the historical dimension of philosophical thought in, among others, Vico and
Herder (
Vico and Herder, 1976). His
Russian Thinkers (1978), a collection of essays about the intelligentsia of 19th-cent. Russia, includes ‘The Hedgehog and the Fox’, a discussion of
Tolstoy focusing on the tension between monist and pluralist visions of the world and of history.
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Sir Isaiah Berlin. (philosopher)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 11/15/1997; 700+ words
; ...another of his numerous prizes, Sir Isaiah Berlin remarked, "I have been over...one respectable newspaper. Sir Isaiah might have observed that philosophers...excellent lecturers. What was it about Sir Isaiah that made him the superstar of...
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Shura and Shaya: an afternoon with Sir Isaiah Berlin.
Magazine article from: American Scholar; 3/22/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...exception was his dear friend Sir Isaiah "Shaya" Berlin, the Russian-born philosopher...same visit to England, I met Sir Isaiah myself. When he'd learned that...Russia where they both grew up. Sir Isaiah's father was a timber merchant...
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Podium: Strobe Talbott - Shaping the crooked timber of humanity From a lecture on Sir Isaiah Berlin by the US Deputy Secretary of State, delivered at All Souls College, Oxford
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 1/24/2000; 700+ words
; ...Wolfson College to interview Berlin on what it all meant. I remember...and of its ideology. Professor Berlin formally became Sir Isaiah in 1957. But he had already...should govern and be governed. Berlin was a champion of pluralism...
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Philosopher Sir Isaiah Berlin, 88
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 11/7/1997; ; 656 words
; ...1997 LONDON - British philosopher Sir Isaiah Berlin, one of the century's greatest...official at the university said Berlin, a prolific author and historian...Ignatieff said earlier this year. "Isaiah's emphasis is on conflict, tragedy...
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Goodbye to Berlin. (death of liberal Sir Isaiah Berlin)(Brief Article)(Obituary)(Column)
Magazine article from: The Nation; 12/8/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...away unstintingly. The death of Sir Isaiah Berlin gave vent to the most orgiastic...all but orphaned. Fortunately, Berlin had found time, in the intervals...It can be conceded at once that Berlin was just as charming and well...
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The ideal pursued. (Sir Isaiah Berlin awarded first prize of Giovanni Agnelli Foundation for essentially sitting and thinking)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 2/27/1988; 700+ words
; ROME SIR ISAIAH BERLIN, now 79, and once billed at Harvard...advanced societies, was happy to give Sir Isaiah his prize for essentially sitting and thinking. Sir Isaiah's acceptance speech, given at the...
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Sir Isaiah Berlin, Political philosopher
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 11/7/1997; 396 words
; Sir Isaiah Berlin, a giant in 20th-century thought who...liberty, has died at the age of 88. Berlin was remembered fondly Thursday as a raconteur...liberal and a committed anti-Communist, Berlin examined the development of liberal and...
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One of the great thinkers. (brilliant British historian and philosopher Sir Isaiah Berlin has died at age 88)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report; 11/17/1997; ; 562 words
; Sir Isaiah Berlin, the British philosopher and historian...professor, and college president. Berlin was born in Riga, Latvia, in 1909...Irving Berlin instead--a story that Isaiah Berlin loved to recount. Despite his...
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The wisest man in Britain In a rare interview Sir Isaiah Berlin talks to Steven Lukes
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 9/21/1997; ; 700+ words
; STEVEN LUKES What excited you most, intellectually, when you arrived at Oxford? SIR ISAIAH BERLIN I came to Oxford in 1928 to Corpus Christi. I was made to read Hegelian philosophers. I could not understand a word. Then I...
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My dinners with Isaiah: the music of a philosopher's life. (Sir Isaiah Berlin)(includes related article on Isaiah Berlin's commitment to ideals of genuine understanding over intellectual mastery)
Magazine article from: Commonweal; 8/14/1998; ; 700+ words
; Isaiah Berlin (1907-97), my friend of only six years...think Horowitz was very bad? He did. When Isaiah was twenty-one, he wrote music criticism...balance endure with grace. I think that Isaiah found the world a marvelously interesting...
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Sir Isaiah Berlin
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Sir Isaiah Berlin 1909-97, English political scientist, b. Riga, Latvia (then in...Wolfson College (1966-75). In The Hedgehog and the Fox (1953), Berlin explored Leo Tolstoy 's view of irresistible historical forces, and...
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Berlin, Sir Isaiah
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Berlin, Sir Isaiah (1909–97) British philosopher and historian of ideas, b. Latvia. Berlin and A. J. Ayer introduced logical positivism...social and political theory, Oxford. Berlin's essay on Tolstoy, The Hedgehog and...
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