The Fox and the Cat (fable)
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The Fox and the Cat is an ancient fable, with both Eastern and Western analogues involving different animals, that addresses the difference between resourceful expediency and a master stratagem. Inclu
Heinrich Steinhöwel's 1476 illustration of the fable
An illustration of "Three Fish" from Kalila and Dimna
The Hedgehog, the Fox, and the Magister's Pox is a posthumous volume by Stephen Jay Gould released in 2003 exploring the historically complex relationship between the sciences and the humanities in a
The Fox and the Cat (fable)
…essay, though not meant too seriously by Berlin, has proved influential, with a number of writers using his distinction. Stephen Jay Gould's anthology The Hedgehog, the Fox, and the Magister's Pox uses both Berlin's book and the fable in exploring the complex relationship between the sciences and the humanities. Gould sees Archilochus's original…
The Hedgehog, the Fox, and Magister's Pox