The Hedgehog and the Fox

The Hedgehog and the Fox: An Essay on Tolstoy's View of History
First edition
AuthorIsaiah Berlin
LanguageEnglish
PublisherWeidenfeld & Nicolson
Publication date
1953
Publication placeUK
Pages86

The Hedgehog and the Fox is an essay by philosopher Isaiah Berlin that was published as a book in 1953. It was one of his most popular essays with the general public. However, Berlin said, "I meant it as a kind of enjoyable intellectual game, but it was taken seriously. Every classification throws light on something". It has been compared to "an intellectual's cocktail-party game".