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‘Hume and the Sources of German Anti-Rationalism’
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Against the current : essays in the history of ideas / Isaiah Berlin; edited by Henry Hardy; introduction by Roger Hausheer; foreword by Mark Lilla. – Second edition.

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ISBN 978-0-691-15610-1 (pbk. : alk. paper)

1. Philosophy. I. Hardy, Henry. II. Title.

B29.B445 2013

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