Writings of Isaiah Berlin
Hardy’s most significant contribution to scholarship has been his editing of the writings of Isaiah Berlin.
When Hardy met Berlin in 1972, Berlin was at the height of his fame as an intellectual figure; but he was viewed as not having written very much, and many doubted if he would leave a lasting contribution to scholarship beyond a small number of scattered essays. Hardy’s research revealed that Berlin had published well over 150 pieces by the late 1970s.
His subsequent editing of Berlin’s essays made Berlin’s most important work widely available. In 1990 Hardy abandoned his career in publishing to work full-time on Berlin’s unpublished essays, lectures, and correspondence. He has thus far (co-)edited 15 volumes of Berlin’s writings, as well as the first 2 volumes of a 4-volume edition of Berlin’s letters.
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