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...Pursuit of the Ideal," was a magical world of thought that seemed to me wonderful but overly complex. After all, I had not even heard of Kant, much less been able to name-drop The Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals in section. Yet despite all the references to Herder, Plato, Machiavelli and Voltaire, I detected some resonance in this history of ideas. What "a priori" meant I did not know, but the basic themes I understood. Berlin was saying that theories were wonderful stuff, great to think about and even more fascinating to create; that there is no limit...

Author: By Joshua A. Kaufman, | Title: In Memoriam: Isaiah Berlin | 11/13/1997 | See Source »

MARFA, Texas: A marine who shot and killed a teenage Mexican goat herder acted in self-defense, a grand jury ruled yesterday. Although they lost the case, the incident has created new respect for the Texas Rangers, who rallied behind the teenager Esequiel Hernandes Jr.- presenting evidence in his favor. It was a peculiar twist, since the Rangers had previously been considered "legendarily racist in their dealings along the border," according to TIME's Sam Gwynne, who has been following the case...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Marine Cleared in Border Killing | 8/15/1997 | See Source »

What is known is that as Alexi Indris-Santana, who told admissions officials he was a self-educated son of a goat herder, Hogue was accepted by Princeton University in 1988 and attended the university for at least 18 months between...

Author: By Andrew L. Wright, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: A Career of Deception | 5/24/1993 | See Source »

Thus, rhetorically at least, the opposition no longer gets an argument from the government. Gerhard Herder, East German Ambassador to the U.S., pledged reforms that "will radically change the structure and the way the G.D.R. will be governed. This development is irreversible. If there are still people alleging that all these changes are simply cosmetic, to grant the survival of the party, then let me say they are wrong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Archive: Freedom! The Berlin Wall | 11/20/1989 | See Source »

...banner put it, THE PEOPLE LEAD -- THE PARTY LIMPS BEHIND. What does matter is that the grim, fearsome Wall, for almost three decades a marker for relentless oppression, has overnight become something far different, a symbol of the failure of regimentation to suppress the human yearning for freedom. Ambassador Herder declared that the Wall will soon "disappear" physically, but it might almost better be left up as a reminder that the flame of freedom is inextinguishable -- and that this time it burned brightly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Archive: Freedom! The Berlin Wall | 11/20/1989 | See Source »

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