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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... taught and still teaches to simple and ignorant men . The teachings of Christ were incomprehensible to me until recently , but I understand them now , and what I have found I desire to explain to others . The thief on the cross believed ...
... taught and still teaches to simple and ignorant men . The teachings of Christ were incomprehensible to me until recently , but I understand them now , and what I have found I desire to explain to others . The thief on the cross believed ...
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... taught . I could not interpret it as others did , I could not abjure the Book , and yet I could not find a new and satisfying inter- pretation . It was only after losing all faith in the explanations of learned theology and criticism ...
... taught . I could not interpret it as others did , I could not abjure the Book , and yet I could not find a new and satisfying inter- pretation . It was only after losing all faith in the explanations of learned theology and criticism ...
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... taught from my childhood that Christ is God , and that His teaching is divine and authorita- tive ; while , on the ... taught to honour those institutions as being sacred . I was taught to resist evil ; and it was instilled into me that ...
... taught from my childhood that Christ is God , and that His teaching is divine and authorita- tive ; while , on the ... taught to honour those institutions as being sacred . I was taught to resist evil ; and it was instilled into me that ...
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... taught that it was possible to be a Christian . without fulfilling His law not to resist evil . A few days ago I was reading the fifth chapter of St. Matthew to a Hebrew rabbin . ' That is in the Bible - that is in the Talmud too ...
... taught that it was possible to be a Christian . without fulfilling His law not to resist evil . A few days ago I was reading the fifth chapter of St. Matthew to a Hebrew rabbin . ' That is in the Bible - that is in the Talmud too ...
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What I Believe: Translated from the Russian by Constantine Popoff Leo Tolstoy Previsualització no disponible - 1999 |
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What did Jesus Mean?: Explaining the Sermon on the Mount and the Parables in ... Anna Wierzbicka Previsualització limitada - 2001 |