Tyranny of Certainty: Isaiah Berlin, Vico, Herder, and Hamann in the Counter-Enlightenment

Every age is tempted by the most dangerous promise in human history:the belief that certainty can save us.That there is one final truth, one perfect system, one ultimate vision capable of ending conflict and delivering harmony.Yet each attempt to build paradise has led instead to catastrophe.This book reveals the dramatic and often overlooked intellectual rebellion that arose against the dream of ...