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The proclamation of the autonomy of reason and the methods of the natural sciences, based on observation as the sole reliable. The roots of romanticism by isaiah berlin, henry hardy pdf. The roots of romanticism isaiah berlin pdf by istanbul. In 1965 berlin gave a series of six lectures on romanticism at the national gallery of art, washington dc.
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