The Hedgehog And The Fox: An Essay On Tolstoy's... Access

He desperately sought a single, all-embracing explanation for history and human existence, leading him to reject his own "fox-like" artistic insights in favor of a rigid moral system in his later life.

Pursue many ends , often unrelated or even contradictory, viewing the world through a variety of lenses rather than a single system (e.g., Shakespeare, Aristotle, Goethe). Tolstoy’s Paradox The Hedgehog and the Fox: An Essay on Tolstoy's...