The Hedgehog and the Fox

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First published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson Ltd 1953

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Copyright Isaiah Berlin 1951, 1953

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and Henry Hardy 2013

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Foreword © Princeton University Press 2013

Exchange in the New York Review of Books © John S. Bowman,

Jonathan Lieberson, Sidney Morgenbesser and Isaiah Berlin 1980

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Berlin, Isaiah, 1909–1997.

The hedgehog and the fox : an essay on Tolstoy’s view of history /

Isaiah Berlin ; edited by Henry Hardy ;

foreword by Michael Ignatieff. – Second Edition.

pages cm

Previously published: London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1953.

Includes index.

ISBN 978-0-691-15600-2 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Tolstoy, Leo, graf,

1828-1910–Knowledge–History. 2. Tolstoy, Leo, graf,

1828–1910–Political and social views. 3. History–Philosophy. I. Hardy,

Henry. II. Title.

PG3415.H5B4 2013

891.73′3–dc23

2012035272

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