the hedgehog and the fox an essay on tolstoy's view of history by isaiah berlin
The Hedgehog and the Fox  is an essay by philosopher Isaiah Berlin.It was one of Berlin's most popular essays with the general public.Berlin himself said of the essay: I never meant it very seriously.n the final few paragraphs of the essay, Berlin reasserts his thesis that Tolstoy was by nature a fox but by conviction a hedgehog and goes on to say that this division within himself caused the Russian great pain at the end of his life.