History and Hope: The Collected Essays of C.V. Wedgwood |
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Page 140
... moral standards to the superior needs of the State has an ugly sound to those who have seen the oppression of Leviathan at its worst , whether in his own Italy or elsewhere . His realism appears academic in an age when politics no ...
... moral standards to the superior needs of the State has an ugly sound to those who have seen the oppression of Leviathan at its worst , whether in his own Italy or elsewhere . His realism appears academic in an age when politics no ...
Page 164
... moral standards and their inconstant shiftings from age to age have exercised an im- portant influence in undermining , or at least unsteadying , our capacities to make moral judgments . The accusation deserves serious consideration ...
... moral standards and their inconstant shiftings from age to age have exercised an im- portant influence in undermining , or at least unsteadying , our capacities to make moral judgments . The accusation deserves serious consideration ...
Page 165
... moral and spiritual revolt against the uncertainty and fluidity of histori- cism . The aggressively materialist view of the historical process was seized upon by many , from my own generation onwards , to satisfy a spiritual thirst ...
... moral and spiritual revolt against the uncertainty and fluidity of histori- cism . The aggressively materialist view of the historical process was seized upon by many , from my own generation onwards , to satisfy a spiritual thirst ...
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Introduction | 7 |
The Origins of Germany | 19 |
Martin Luther | 28 |
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