The crooked timber of humanity : chapters in the history of ideas
Berlin, Isaiah, 1909-19971990
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These eight essays have as their common theme varieties of anti-rationalism. The longest essay, on Joseph de Maistre, is published here for the first time. The title is drawn from a remark by Kant: "Out of the crooked timber of humanity no straight thing was ever made".
Main title:
The crooked timber of humanity : chapters in the history of ideas / Isaiah Berlin ; edited by Henry Hardy.
Imprint:
London : John Murray, 1990.
Collation:
xii,276p. ; 23cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
ISBN:
9780719547898
Dewey class:
192
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1528286
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