![]() ![]() Berlin's view, was a fox who all his life sought, unsuccessfully, to be Of the world, and those, like the hedgehog, whose defense consists of a single centripetal impulse-that is, who seek an inner unified vision. Berlin bases his distinction between two fundamental human types: those who have sharp eyes, like the fox, for the multiple things The fox, said the old Greek poet, knows many things, but the hedgehog only one big thing. Out of Tolstoy's historical theory but also finds in it an indispensable key to the complex and divided personality of the great Russian novelist. In this brilliant essay he not only succeeds in making very good sense However, Isaiah Berlin-lecturer in philosophyĪt Oxford and famous as a scholar, diplomatist and conversationalist in at least two continents-has chosen to subject these historical passages to careful attention. Ost of us, I imagine, reading "War and Peace" tend to skim over the long disquisitions on history as rather tedious breaks in a marvelouslyĮxciting story, and nearly all critics hitherto have given official sanction to this habit by attempting to prove that these historical essays are an unnecessary blemish upon a great work of art. ![]() FebruSharp Eyes for the Multiple Things By WILLIAM BARRETT ![]()
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