Isaiah Berlin A Very Personal Impression: Isaiah Berlin
9 snips
Jun 3, 2009 A personal portrait of Isaiah Berlin emerges through stories of friendship, sharp judgments, social quirks, and intellectual brilliance. The talk traces his path from logic and positivism to political thought and the history of ideas, touching on liberalism, pluralism, romanticism, and the lively debates that made his work so compelling.
Chapters
Transcript
Episode notes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Introduction
00:00 • 5min
I Was a Good Friend of Isaiah Berlin
05:06 • 4min
Isaiah Morris Bower and John Sparrowd
08:38 • 4min
Berlin's Political Theory Is a Form of Psycho Drama
12:28 • 3min
Logical Positivism - A Brief History
15:52 • 2min
The 'Second' Lectures
18:05 • 3min
The History of Ideas by Berlin
21:05 • 3min
I Criticised Mildly Sometime in 19 60
24:17 • 6min
Berlin's Response to the War
30:10 • 5min
'It's Numbers,' He Said.
34:49 • 2min
Didn't Abandon Philosophy for the History of Ideas
37:10 • 3min
What Makes Berlin Worth Reading?
40:28 • 4min
The One True, the Good and the Beautiful
44:15 • 3min
Political Theory and Philosophy in the Proper Sinn
47:30 • 4min
The Romantic Impulse Isn't Enough
51:42 • 5min