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

""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 th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Berlin, Isaiah, 1909-1997
Otros Autores: Hardy, Henry
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2013]
Edición:Second edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Tolstoy, Leo, > graf, > 1828-1910.
Tolstoy, Leo, > graf, > 1828-1910 > Political and social views.
Tolstoy, Leo, > graf, > 1828-1910 > Knowledge > History.
Political and social views.
History > Philosophy.
History.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > Eastern.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Russian & Former Soviet Union.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:""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 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 illu
Notas:Previously published: London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1967.
Descripción Física:1 online resource: illustrations
ISBN:9781400846634

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