What I BelieveCosimo, Inc., 1 sept. 2007 - 248 pagini Originally published in 1885, What I Believe is part of series of books by novelist Leo Tolstoy that outline his personal interpretation of Christian theology. After a midlife crisis at age 50, he began to believe in the moral teachings of Christianity, while rejecting mysticism and organized religion. He believed that pacifism and poverty were the paths to enlightenment. His precepts of nonviolence even influenced Mohandas Gandhi. Students of religion, political science, and literature alike will gain new understanding from the ideas presented in this book. Students of literature will get to understand more deeply one of the greatest novelist in history, while those interested in religion and politics can see how Tolstoy's philosophy came to influence the world at large. Russian writer COUNT LEV ("LEO") NIKOLAYEVICH TOLSTOY (1828-1910) is best known for his novels War and Peace (1869) and Anna Karenina (1877). |
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Pagina 2
... Christ , but I should like to prevent others from interpreting it wrongly . Christian churches generally acknowledge that all men , however they may differ from each other in knowledge or mental capacity , are equal before God ; and ...
... Christ , but I should like to prevent others from interpreting it wrongly . Christian churches generally acknowledge that all men , however they may differ from each other in knowledge or mental capacity , are equal before God ; and ...
Pagina 6
... Christianity , as it appeared to me then , was only a certain disposition of mind - a very vague one . I turned to the Church for obligatory precepts of life , but the Church gave me only such as did not draw me nearer to the Christian ...
... Christianity , as it appeared to me then , was only a certain disposition of mind - a very vague one . I turned to the Church for obligatory precepts of life , but the Church gave me only such as did not draw me nearer to the Christian ...
Pagina 7
... Christ were wanting . Moreover , the precepts of the Church weakened , and sometimes even destroyed , that Christian state of mind which alone seemed to me to be the true aim of life . What perplexed me most of all was , that all the ...
... Christ were wanting . Moreover , the precepts of the Church weakened , and sometimes even destroyed , that Christian state of mind which alone seemed to me to be the true aim of life . What perplexed me most of all was , that all the ...
Pagina 10
... Christ meant exactly what He said ; and then , though I had found nothing new , all that had hitherto obscured the ... Christian people , who know the Gospels well , I have observed the same indifference to the force of this text that ...
... Christ meant exactly what He said ; and then , though I had found nothing new , all that had hitherto obscured the ... Christian people , who know the Gospels well , I have observed the same indifference to the force of this text that ...
Pagina 11
... Christ requires of us . ' Then I said to myself , ' Perhaps in these words Christ only purposes to extol suffering and self - denial , and in so doing He speaks exaggeratingly , and His expressions are therefore to be regarded as ...
... Christ requires of us . ' Then I said to myself , ' Perhaps in these words Christ only purposes to extol suffering and self - denial , and in so doing He speaks exaggeratingly , and His expressions are therefore to be regarded as ...
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Alte ediții - Afișează-le pe toate
What I Believe: Translated from the Russian by Constantine Popoff Leo Tolstoy Nu există previzualizare disponibilă - 1999 |
Termeni și expresii frecvente
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What did Jesus Mean?: Explaining the Sermon on the Mount and the Parables in ... Anna Wierzbicka Previzualizare limitată - 2001 |