The Hedgehog and the Fox: An Essay on Tolstoy's View of History - Second Edition Cover
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The Hedgehog and the Fox An Essay on Tolstoy's View of History - Second Edition

Isaiah Berlin

"The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing." This ancient Greek aphorism, preserved in a fragment from the poet Archilochus, describes the central thesis of Isaiah Berlin's masterly essay on Leo Tolstoy and the philosophy of history, the subject of the epilogue to

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Modern Wisdom

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Modern Wisdom

Matthew Syed said he had read the book and used it to inform his thinking about culture and history.

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I am a big admirer of Berlin and have read The Hedgehog and the Fox and Two Concepts of Liberty.

— Episode: #865 - Matthew Syed - How High Performer...

Episode: #865 - Matthew Syed - How High Performers Build An...

Matthew Syed said he had read the book and used it to inform his thinking about culture and history.

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I am a big admirer of Berlin and have read The Hedgehog and the Fox and Two Concepts of Liberty.

Philosophize This!

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Philosophize This!

The Hedgehog and the Fox is a famous essay by Isaiah Berlin. In it, Berlin uses the analogy of a hedgehog and a fox to explain the two different ways of thinking about the world: monism and pluralism. The hedgehog sees one big thing, while the fox sees many things. This essay, according to the speaker, is essential for understanding Berlin's ideas about pluralism.

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There's a famous essay by Isaiah Berlin titled The Hedgehog and the Fox.

— Episode: Episode #140 ... Isaiah Berlin pt. 1 - P...

Episode: Episode #140 ... Isaiah Berlin pt. 1 - Pluralism

The Hedgehog and the Fox is a famous essay by Isaiah Berlin. In it, Berlin uses the analogy of a hedgehog and a fox to explain the two different ways of thinking about the world: monism and pluralism. The hedgehog sees one big thing, while the fox sees many things. This essay, according to the speaker, is essential for understanding Berlin's ideas about pluralism.

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There's a famous essay by Isaiah Berlin titled The Hedgehog and the Fox.

The classic line from the essay is that the hedgehog sees one big thing while the fox sees many things.

The hedgehog, obviously representing the thinking of a typical monist, the fox representing the approach of a pluralist.

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