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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vi
- Preface ix
- Acknowledgements xiv
- Abbreviations xvi
- In Search of Isaiah Berlin 1
-
Tributes
- Introduction 10
- Noel Annan 11
- Stuart Hampshire 15
- Avishai Margalit 18
- Bernard Williams 21
- Katharine Graham 25
- Arthur Schlesinger 28
- James Billington 31
- Robert Silvers 34
- Charles Taylor 37
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Isaiah in person
- Introduction 39
- Isaiah As I Knew Him 40
- So Much There 55
- Akhmatova and Sir 62
- Run Over by Isaiah 82
- Working for Isaiah 87
- New York City, Autumn 1966 95
- Lunching with Isaiah 103
- A Luminous Personality 109
- In the President’s Office 114
- Tea at the Athenaeum 124
- Some Musical Encounters 130
- Editing Berlin, Interpreting Berlin 135
- One of the Giants of the Twentieth Century 145
- The Day After 151
- Fast Talker 155
- Isaiah the Jew 157
- All Ears 169
- A Philosopher’s Stroll 174
- Berlin in Autumn: The Philosopher in Old Age 176
- When a Sage Dies, All Are His Kin 186
- The Last Englishman 197
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BERLIN ON PAPER
- Introduction 201
- The Value of the Personal 202
- A Berlinian Education 216
- The Legacy of Open Thought 223
- The Fox Is Still Running 231
- Isaiah Berlin on Himself 238
- The Berlin Papers in the Bodleian Library 247
- Elysian Schools 260
-
Appendix
- For the Benefit of My Son 263
- The Contributors 320
- Index 323
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vi
- Preface ix
- Acknowledgements xiv
- Abbreviations xvi
- In Search of Isaiah Berlin 1
-
Tributes
- Introduction 10
- Noel Annan 11
- Stuart Hampshire 15
- Avishai Margalit 18
- Bernard Williams 21
- Katharine Graham 25
- Arthur Schlesinger 28
- James Billington 31
- Robert Silvers 34
- Charles Taylor 37
-
Isaiah in person
- Introduction 39
- Isaiah As I Knew Him 40
- So Much There 55
- Akhmatova and Sir 62
- Run Over by Isaiah 82
- Working for Isaiah 87
- New York City, Autumn 1966 95
- Lunching with Isaiah 103
- A Luminous Personality 109
- In the President’s Office 114
- Tea at the Athenaeum 124
- Some Musical Encounters 130
- Editing Berlin, Interpreting Berlin 135
- One of the Giants of the Twentieth Century 145
- The Day After 151
- Fast Talker 155
- Isaiah the Jew 157
- All Ears 169
- A Philosopher’s Stroll 174
- Berlin in Autumn: The Philosopher in Old Age 176
- When a Sage Dies, All Are His Kin 186
- The Last Englishman 197
-
BERLIN ON PAPER
- Introduction 201
- The Value of the Personal 202
- A Berlinian Education 216
- The Legacy of Open Thought 223
- The Fox Is Still Running 231
- Isaiah Berlin on Himself 238
- The Berlin Papers in the Bodleian Library 247
- Elysian Schools 260
-
Appendix
- For the Benefit of My Son 263
- The Contributors 320
- Index 323