TY  - BOOK
AU  - Berlin, Isaiah
AU  - Hardy, Henry
TI  - The sense of reality: studies in ideas and their history
SN  - 9780712673679
U1  - 901 
PY  - 1997///
CY  - London
PB  - Random House
KW  - History - Philosophy
KW  - Philosophy - Modern
KW  - History - Modern
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - In this book the eminent scholar gathers nine long essays, eight previously unpublished, on the ideas that have governed European history for the last three centuries: nationalism, liberalism, and especially Marxism. Always seeking to draw moral lessons, Berlin wonders aloud why it is that humans admire men stirred by the lust for power or jealousy of others, or monomaniacal vanity--including notable figures of history like Peter the Great and Napoleon. He proposes a few answers in this study of ideas brought to power, and those answers are always illuminating
ER  -