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Author: Isaiah Berlin. Title: The Hedgehog and the Fox. Topic: Philosophy & Spirituality, Literary Criticism. Publisher: Princeton University Press. Format: Paperback. Subtitle: An Essay on Tolstoy's View of History - Second Edition.

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The fox kws many things, but the hedgehog kws 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 War and Peace. Although there have been many interpretations of the adage, Berlin uses it to mark a fundamental distinction between human beings who are fascinated by the infinite variety of things and those who relate everything to a central, all-embracing system. Applied to Tolstoy, the saying illuminates a paradox that helps explain his philosophy of history: Tolstoy was a fox, but believed in being a hedgehog. One of Berlin's most celebrated works, this extraordinary essay offers profound insights about Tolstoy, historical understanding, and human psychology. This new edition features a revised text that supplants all previous versions, English translations of the many passages in foreign languages, a new foreword in which Berlin biographer Michael Ignatieff explains the enduring appeal of Berlin's essay, and a new appendix that provides rich context, including excerpts from reviews and Berlin's letters, as well as a startling new interpretation of Archilochus's epigram.

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Princeton University Press
ISBN-10
069115600x
ISBN-13
9780691156002
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Author
Isaiah Berlin
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Literary Criticism
Type
Textbook

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142g
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216mm
Width
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New Jersey
Edited by
Henry Hardy
Content Note
3 Halftones.
Author Biography
Isaiah Berlin (1909-1997) was one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century. A fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, he was the author of many books, including Against the Current , The Crooked Timber of Humanity , and The Roots of Romanticism (all Princeton). Henry Hardy, a Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford, is one of Isaiah Berlin's literary trustees. He has edited several other volumes by Berlin, and is currently preparing Berlin's letters and remaining unpublished writings for publication.
Foreword by
Michael Ignatieff
Date of Publication
13/05/2013
Edition Statement
Second Edition with a New Foreword by Michael Ignatieff
Country of Publication
United States
Genre
Literary Criticism

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