以赛亚·伯林(1909—1997)　英国哲学家和政治思想史家,20世纪最著名的自由主义知识分子之一。出生于俄国里加的一个犹太人家庭,1920年随父母前往英国。1928年进入牛津大学攻读文学和哲学,1932年获选全灵学院研究员,并在新学院任哲学讲师,其间与艾耶尔、奥斯汀等参与了普通语言哲学的运动。二战期间,先后在纽约、华盛顿和莫斯科担任外交职务。1946年重回牛津教授哲学课程,并把研究方向转向思想史。1957年成为牛津大学社会与政治理论教授,并获封爵士。1966年至1975年担任牛津大学沃尔森学院院长。主要著作有《自由四论》（1969，后扩充为《自由论》）、《俄国思想家》(1978)、《反潮流》(1979)、《个人印象》(1980)、《扭曲的人性之材》（1990）、《现实感》(1996)、《浪漫主义的根源》（1999）、《启蒙的三个批评者》（2000）...(展开全部)

In this outstanding collection of essays, Isaiah Berlin, one of the great thinkers of the twentieth century, discusses the importance in the history of thought of dissenters whose ideas still challenge conventional wisdom - among them Machiavelli, Vico, Montesquieu, Herzen, and Sorel. With his unusual powers of imaginative re-creation, Berlin brings to life original minds that ...(展开全部)

The main theme of this collection of essays is the importance in the history of thought of dissenters whose ideas still challenge conventional wisdom. The book offers a powerful defence of variety in our visions of life, and it also contains an updated bibliography of Berlin's publications.

Arthur Oncken Lovejoy (October 10, 1873 – December 30, 1962) was an influential American philosopher and intellectual historian, who founded the field known as the history of ideas. Lovejoy was born in Berlin, Germany while his father was doing medical research there. Eighteen months later, his mother committed suicide, whereupon his father gave up medicine and became a clergym...(展开全部)

Arthur Oncken Lovejoy (October 10, 1873 – December 30, 1962) was an influential American philosopher and intellectual historian, who founded the field known as the history of ideas. Lovejoy was born in Berlin, Germany while his father was doing medical research there. Eighteen months later, his mother committed suicide, whereupon his father gave up medicine and became a clergym...(展开全部)

The unifying theme of these essays is Lord Acton's concept of liberty. Included are his two famous essays on the history of freedom (The History of Freedom in Antiquity; and The History of Freedom in Christianity) as are writings on the tradition of liberty in England, America, and Europe.

Human cultures generate meanings, and the history of ideas, broadly conceived, is the study of these meanings. An adequate theory of culture must therefore rest on a suitable philosophical enquiry into the nature of the history of ideas. Mark Bevir's book explores the forms of reasoning appropriate to the history of ideas, enhancing our understanding by grappling with central q...(展开全部)