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The hedgehog and the fox : an essay on Tolstoy's view of history / by Isaiah Berlin ; with an introduction by Michael Walzer.
LIBRA - Special PG3415.H5 B4 1986
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Berlin, Isaiah, 1909-1997.
- Series:
- Touchstone book
- A Touchstone book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910--Knowledge and learning--History.
- Tolstoy, Leo.
- Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910.
- History.
- Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910--Political and social views.
- Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910--Philosophy.
- History--Philosophy.
- Art.
- Philosophy.
- Political and social views.
- Genre:
- History.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 86 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 21 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Published by Simon & Schuster, [1986]
- Summary:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy has ms. annotation.
- ISBN:
- 0671606018
- 9780671606015
- 0671207091
- 9780671207090
- OCLC:
- 10044831
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