Isaiah Berlin
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The Hedgehog and the Fox
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In the end, we must choose between the complexity of the fox and the simplicity of the hedgehog.
There is a great deal of difference between knowing something and knowing how to use it.
The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.
The fox's view is that there are many truths, and they are all interconnected.
The fox is a cunning creature, constantly adapting and changing.
The tension between the hedgehog and the fox reflects the complexity of human thought.
Every great thinker has both fox-like and hedgehog-like qualities.
In every generation, there are those who seek to simplify the world.
The mind is like a vast ocean, and its depths are unknown.
To be a hedgehog is to believe in the power of a single idea.