Think Freely·Aug 17Isaiah Berlin: Pluralism and the Two Faces of LibertyHow a Russian-Jewish boy became Oxford’s greatest political philosopher? And how he re-defined the boundaries of freedom, and warned us of…
Boris (Bruce) Kriger·Aug 17The Universe Is a Hedgehog, the Mind Is a Fox: Isaiah Berlin and the Limits of a Single IdeaA Greek poet left behind a single line about a fox and a hedgehog. Twenty-six centuries later, an Oxford professor who had watched a man…
Annie Hsu·Aug 16(Mis)Understanding “the Hedgehog and the Fox”: A Reflection on Isaiah Berlin’s EssayThe phrase “the hedgehog and the fox” has been so popularized today. I remember I once borrowed this phrase during a dinner conversation…
Julie·Jul 13Spinoza, Isaiah Berlin, and Amos Oz on Living With ComplexityPhoto by Magnus Lunay on UnsplashA response icon1A response icon1
Sepehr Sh·Jul 12Hedgehog vs. Fox: in Praise of Knowing Less about MoreOriginally, the content of this piece was supposed to be a supplementary argument for what I’d presented as the meaning of life and what I…
Rajarshi Chaudhuri·Nov 9, 2025The “Wonderful Nonsense” of Hannah Arendt?Isaiah Berlin is highly critical of Hannah Arendt in this conversation. His critique is quite comprehensive and harsh.
Dwi Cipta·Oct 12, 2024Dokter Zhivago: Kisah Dari Bawah TanahSebagai salah satu monumen sastra terbesar perang dingin kebudayaan antara blok timur dan blok barat di tahun-tahun akhir 1950-an dan awal…
Paul DeFatta·Oct 8, 2024Berlin’s Machiavelli (10/20/2022)I am reading Berlin’s “The Originality of Machiavelli” essay (for the fourth or fifth time over the course of 20 years) with great relish…
Nick Nielsen·Jun 6, 2024Isaiah Berlin’s Enlightenment ApologeticsPart of a Series on the Philosophy of History
