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Two Enemies of the Enlightenment: 3 – Joseph de Maistre

Isaiah Berlin

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Domaster of Sardinia, a Great Convert to the Church of Rome

If you look at their language, you will find that this is not the great primitive roots of language about which so many eighteenth century thinkers have ben nthusiastic. They are simply the corrupt remains of total collapse of human civilization. And we who have no to be deceived by the fact that these charitable fathers don't wish to reveal the fact that the savages against whom whom they come across are amongst the lowest and most detestable human creatures living on earth. That is so much for primitive man. Now, what else are we expected to emulate if we expect to emulate democracies? We need only look at history fate. In 18 hundred 17, alexander the first requested his withdrawal

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