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Concepts and Categories
"The goal of philosophy is always the same, to assist men to understand themselves and thus to operate in the open, not wildly in the dark."--Isaiah Berlin This volume of Isaiah Berlin's essays presents the sweep of his contributions to philosophy from his early participation in the debates surrounding logical positivism to his later work, which more evidently reflects his life-long interest in political theory, the history of ideas, and the philosophy of history. Here Berlin describes his view of the nature of philosophy, and of its main task: to uncover the various models and presuppositions--the concepts and categories--that men bring to their existence and that help form that existence. Throughout, his writing is informed by his intense consciousness of the plurality of values, the nature of historical understanding, and of the fragility of human freedom in the face of rigid dogma. This new edition adds a number of previously uncollected pieces that throw further light on Berlin's central philosophical concerns, and a revealing exchange of letters with the editor and Bernard Williams about the genesis of the book.
Georg Brandes
Brandes, the Danish critic, is known as one of the great European letter writers. Many of his letters were about business, or gave advice to aspiring authors, but others were written to the great political and cultural figures of his time. They trace
The Proper Study Of Mankind
‘He becomes everyman’s guide to everything exciting in the history of ideas’ New York Review of Books Isaiah Berlin was one of the leading thinkers of the twentieth century, and one of the finest writers. The Proper Study Of Mankind selects some of his best essays in which his insights both illuminate the past and offer a key to the burning issues of today. The full (and enormous) range of his work is represented here, from the exposition of his most distinctive doctrine - pluralism - to studies of Machiavelli, Tolstoy, Churchill and Roosevelt. In these pages he encapsulates the principal movements that characterise the modern age: romanticism, historicism, Fascism, relativism, irrationalism and nationalism. His ideas are always tied to the people who conceived them, so that abstractions are brought alive. EDITED BY HENRY HARDY AND ROGER HAUSHEER AND WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY ANDREW MARR
International Who's Who in Poetry 2004
Provides up-to-date profiles on the careers of leading and emerging poets.
Il fuoco di Roma. Le cremazioni (1883-1909)
Nel presente volume l’attenzione si appunterà sulle cremazioni eseguite nel Tempio Crematorio di Campo Verano a Roma dal 16 aprile 1883 al 26 giugno 19095. Ciò è reso possibile dalla disponibilità di un Elenco dei Cadaveri umani cremati in Roma, che costituisce una sorta di Registro delle Cremazioni6 e rappresenta un’inedita serie storica di assoluto valore ed interesse.
