Hedgehogs and foxes

πόλλ' οἶδ' ἀλώπηξ, ἀλλ' ἐχῖνος ἓν μέγα

Multa novit vulpes, verum echinus unum magnum

"a fox knows many things, but a hedgehog knows one big thing"
15.11.2023

The Cat & The Fox

Once a Cat and a Fox were traveling together. As they went along, picking up provisions on the way—a stray mouse here, a fat chicken there—they began an argument to while away t...
10.11.2023

Foxes

Foxes draw on a wide variety of experiences. For foxes, the world cannot be boiled down to a single idea.Berlin's examples from literature and philosophy: Herodotus, Aristotle, ...
10.11.2023

Hedgehogs

Hedgehogs view the world through the lens of a single defining idea.Isaiah Berlin gives following examples in domains of art and philosophy: Plato, Lucretius, Dante Alighieri, B...
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Questio

Are You a hedgehog or a fox ?