What I BelieveCosimo, Inc., 1 de set. 2007 - 248 pàgines 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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Pàgina 8
... impossible self- abnegation , which annulled life itself , and therefore it seemed to me that such abnegation could not be the requirement on which depended man's salvation . But then , if that were not the express condition of ...
... impossible self- abnegation , which annulled life itself , and therefore it seemed to me that such abnegation could not be the requirement on which depended man's salvation . But then , if that were not the express condition of ...
Pàgina 9
... impossible by man in his own unaided strength ? On reading over these precepts , it always seemed to me that they applied to myself , and that I was morally bound to obey them . I even felt convinced that I could , immediately and from ...
... impossible by man in his own unaided strength ? On reading over these precepts , it always seemed to me that they applied to myself , and that I was morally bound to obey them . I even felt convinced that I could , immediately and from ...
Pàgina 13
... impossible to follow . But , whatever our objections may be , we cannot deny that Christ ex- presses His meaning most clearly and distinctly ; and His meaning is , that man must not resist evil ; he who fully accepts His teaching cannot ...
... impossible to follow . But , whatever our objections may be , we cannot deny that Christ ex- presses His meaning most clearly and distinctly ; and His meaning is , that man must not resist evil ; he who fully accepts His teaching cannot ...
Pàgina 14
... impossible for a man to keep in his own strength , and without supernatural aid ? God became man for the securing of our salvation . Salvation lies in the fact that the second person of the Trinity , God the Son , suffered for us , men ...
... impossible for a man to keep in his own strength , and without supernatural aid ? God became man for the securing of our salvation . Salvation lies in the fact that the second person of the Trinity , God the Son , suffered for us , men ...
Pàgina 15
... impossible for me , without supernatural aid ? If a man were to set all the faculties of his mind to the annulling of a given law , what more forcible argument could he use for its suppression than that it was an impracticable law , and ...
... impossible for me , without supernatural aid ? If a man were to set all the faculties of his mind to the annulling of a given law , what more forcible argument could he use for its suppression than that it was an impracticable law , and ...
Altres edicions - Mostra-ho tot
What I Believe: Translated from the Russian by Constantine Popoff Leo Tolstoy Previsualització no disponible - 1999 |
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Referències a aquest llibre
What did Jesus Mean?: Explaining the Sermon on the Mount and the Parables in ... Anna Wierzbicka Previsualització limitada - 2001 |