6/23/2023 0 Comments Berlin the hedgehog and the fox![]() ![]() 36) to another oftquoted phrase-in this instance, Berlin’s use of a fragment of Archilochus, the early Greek poet, for epigram, title, and governing metaphor of his essay, “The Hedgehog and the Fox.” As quoted by Berlin, Archilochus is saying: “The fox knows many little things. The joint authors of the review of Isaiah Berlin’s writings refer (p. One of the topics is the question of the meaning of Hannah Arendt’s now often (mis)quoted phrase, “the banality of evil”: one of your readers attempts in the letters column to straighten out an earlier reviewer and-or so I feel-it is the letter-writer who makes the proper points.īut elsewhere there is a related problem. Before I am through, I hope to have convinced others that it is worth pursuing. ![]() ![]() Two topics that chanced to surface in a recent issue ( NYR, March 20) conspire, in my mind, to request space to appeal to fellow readers for aid in resolving a problem that has long bothered me. ![]()
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