BERLIN, ISAIAH

Russian Thinkers

Penguin UK, 1980. Paperback. ISBN: 014022260X. A Very Good++ Trade Paperback. An uncreased spine with a clean & unmarked text, tightly bound. Light cover edgewear. "Among the seven essays collected in Russian Thinkers is perhaps Isaiah Berlin's most famous work, "The Hedgehog and the Fox," which begins with an ancient Greek proverb ("The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing") before taking on Leo Tolstoy's philosophy of history, showing how Tolstoy "was by nature a fox, but believed in being a hedgehog." The other half dozen pieces examine other Russian writers and philosophers, including Alexander Herzen, Ivan Turgenev, and Mikhail Bakunin--although the latter, Berlin says, "is not a serious thinker." ; 7.6 X 4.6 X 0.9 inches; 1 pages. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 24403

Catalogue: Philosophy, History, Europe, Russia

Keywords: 014022260x Philosophy > History & Surveys History > Europe > Russia Intellectuals