A fox wants to be happy - by Yu Jin Lee - Yu Jin writes
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reconciling with the unsatisfying reality of who I am as an ambitious individual
A fox wants to be happy reconciling with the unsatisfying reality of who I am as an ambitious individual Yujin Lee Feb 26, 2023 4 2 Share One idea that resonated strongly with me in 2022 was Tolstoy’s dilemma, explored by Isaiah Berlin in his piece “The Hedgehog and the Fox.” Berlin argues that Tolstoy was a “fox,” a gifted writer who perceived the subtleties of individual lives that can’t be distilled down to succinct principles, aspiring to be a “hedgehog,” a historian who understands the reality through a universal framework of laws and that this cognitive dissonance caused him tremendous i
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