W36W The Hedgehog and the Fox: An Essay on Tolstoy’s View of History (Hybrid/In-Person)

In-Person | Available (Membership Required)

1/14/2026-2/11/2026
1:30 PM-3:00 PM EST on Wed

W36W The Hedgehog and the Fox: An Essay on Tolstoy’s View of History (Hybrid/In-Person)

In-Person | Available (Membership Required)

[NEW COURSE] We will read and discuss some essays of Isaiah Berlin, including the above named. He wrote widely about the history of ideas and political theory. Have you heard of his Two Concepts of Liberty? Discussion, Lecture, Reading

  • *This registration item is HYBRID/IN-PERSON, which means that you can attend either in-person or via Zoom. DO NOT also register for the Zoom section of this course.*

Thomas Low

Tom Low is neither a professional philosopher nor an academic but has been a serious reader since his teens. He has led courses at Osher on figures as diverse as Plato, Montaigne, Thoreau, William James, Marcus Aurelius, and the great economists.