Hedgehog and the Fox: An Essay on Tolstoy's View of History » (Reprint)

The masterly essay on Tolstoy's view of history, in which Sir Isaiah underlines a fundamental distinction between those people (foxes) who are fascinated by the infinite variety of things and those (hedgehogs) who relate everything to a central, all-embracing system. This little book is so entertaining, as well as acute, that the reader hardly notices that it is learned too. --Arnold Toynbee

Reader's Review

"The Hedgehog and the Fox is not only a fine introduction to Tolstoy's work but also that of Berlin himself."