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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... being as near home as possible - so , I may say , the whole aim and purpose of my life has been changed ; my desires are no more what they have been for me , good and evil have changed places . This experience came I WHAT I BELIEVE. ...
... being as near home as possible - so , I may say , the whole aim and purpose of my life has been changed ; my desires are no more what they have been for me , good and evil have changed places . This experience came I WHAT I BELIEVE. ...
Pagina 2
Leo Tolstoy. good and evil have changed places . This experience came through my apprehending the doctrine of Christ in an altogether different way , and seeing it in a quite new light . It is not my intention to interpret the doctrine ...
Leo Tolstoy. good and evil have changed places . This experience came through my apprehending the doctrine of Christ in an altogether different way , and seeing it in a quite new light . It is not my intention to interpret the doctrine ...
Pagina 3
... evil ; and the same dreadful darkness of death which awaited the thief , after his useless suffering and enduring of the evils of life , awaited me . In all this I was like the thief ; but there was this difference between us - he was ...
... evil ; and the same dreadful darkness of death which awaited the thief , after his useless suffering and enduring of the evils of life , awaited me . In all this I was like the thief ; but there was this difference between us - he was ...
Pagina 5
... evil , was the doctrine that touched me most . I always considered it as the basis teaching of Christi- anity , and loved it as such ; but it was only after a long period of unbelief that its full meaning flashed upon me , that I ...
... evil , was the doctrine that touched me most . I always considered it as the basis teaching of Christi- anity , and loved it as such ; but it was only after a long period of unbelief that its full meaning flashed upon me , that I ...
Pagina 6
... evil , resting on something more than my animal instincts . I hoped to find this ' something ' in Christianity . But Christianity , as it appeared to me then , was only a certain disposition of mind - a very vague one . I turned to the ...
... evil , resting on something more than my animal instincts . I hoped to find this ' something ' in Christianity . But Christianity , as it appeared to me then , was only a certain disposition of mind - a very vague one . I turned to the ...
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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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