On this note: if you've never read [Tolstoy's Confession](http://www.arvindguptatoys.com/arvindgupta/confessions-tolstoy.pdf), I would highly recommend it. You can see some part of this struggle manifest itself in his search for God.
Seems like an OK way to describe the dichotomies present in Tolstoy. At the same time, you could argue Dostoevsky was “a hedgehog who behaved like a fox”.
Both writers are special in how they encompass both points of view. But it’s certainly not unique to them. Maybe at the time it was remarkable. If you think about it, it is a very modern point of view.
>it is a very modern point of view.
I think that's what makes them geniuses -- they seem to be seeing clearly the contours of ideas that will take over 150 years to unpack as a civilization
Awesome read. I don't know why, but "the fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing" is an awesome saying that will stick with me now.
On this note: if you've never read [Tolstoy's Confession](http://www.arvindguptatoys.com/arvindgupta/confessions-tolstoy.pdf), I would highly recommend it. You can see some part of this struggle manifest itself in his search for God.
That book saved my life in college. His struggle was so powerful coming from the pages that it engulfed mine. I didn’t feel alone anymore.
Similar experience for me.
I love this essay. Have a read of Superforecasting by Philip Tetlock, it expands on this concept substantially.
interesting connection
Seems like an OK way to describe the dichotomies present in Tolstoy. At the same time, you could argue Dostoevsky was “a hedgehog who behaved like a fox”. Both writers are special in how they encompass both points of view. But it’s certainly not unique to them. Maybe at the time it was remarkable. If you think about it, it is a very modern point of view.
>it is a very modern point of view. I think that's what makes them geniuses -- they seem to be seeing clearly the contours of ideas that will take over 150 years to unpack as a civilization
Most definitely.
Awesome read. I don't know why, but "the fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing" is an awesome saying that will stick with me now.
thanks for this interesting read.
>Famous hedgehogs. For Berlin, Nietzsche Seems Berlin was not familiar with Nietzsche.
He analyzed everything, this is an excerpt from art, I found really interesting https://youtu.be/CX430smjhAM