“Those who have ever valued liberty for its own sake believed that to be free to choose, and not to be chosen for, is an inalienable ingredient in what makes human beings human.”

About Isaiah Berlin

Philosopher • British

Sir Isaiah Berlin was a British social and political theorist, philosopher, and historian of ideas. Born in Riga, Russian Empire, he was the first Jew to be elected to a prize fellowship at All Souls College, Oxford. He...