Injustice, poverty, slavery, ignorance—these may be cured by reform or revolution. But men do not live only by fighting evils. They live by positive goals, individual and collective, a vast variety of them, seldom predictable, at times incompatible.

Isaiah Berlin

Foreign Affairs

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Topic

Motivation

Author

Isaiah Berlin

Source

Political Ideas in the Twentieth Century Foreign Affairs

Medium

Essay Magazine

Genre

Philosophical literature Political literature

Language

English

Time

1950 1950s 20th century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

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Latvia Europe

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Citation

Berlin, Isaiah. "Political Ideas in the Twentieth Century." Foreign Affairs, Vol. 28, No. 3, Apr. 1950.

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James R. Killian
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