The Hedgehog And The Fox: An Essay On Tolstoy's... -

His gift for observation allowed him to see the infinite, "multiform" diversity of life and individual experience in unparalleled detail.

The Hedgehog And The Fox: An Essay on Tolstoy's View of History The Hedgehog and the Fox: An Essay on Tolstoy's...

He desperately sought a single, all-embracing explanation for history and human existence, leading him to reject his own "fox-like" artistic insights in favor of a rigid moral system in his later life. His gift for observation allowed him to see

Berlin uses this metaphor to divide thinkers into two categories: The Hedgehog and the Fox: An Essay on Tolstoy's...