What I BelieveCosimo, Inc., 2007 M09 1 - 248 páginas 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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... divine in authority , but impossible in prac- tice . On reviewing my past life , I discovered that this idea had never been transmitted to me in all its nakedness , for then it would have repelled me ; but that I had imperceptibly ...
... divine in authority , but impossible in prac- tice . On reviewing my past life , I discovered that this idea had never been transmitted to me in all its nakedness , for then it would have repelled me ; but that I had imperceptibly ...
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... divine and authorita- tive ; while , on the other hand , I was also told to respect those institutions which , by means of violence , secured my safety from evil ; I was taught to honour those institutions as being sacred . I was taught ...
... divine and authorita- tive ; while , on the other hand , I was also told to respect those institutions which , by means of violence , secured my safety from evil ; I was taught to honour those institutions as being sacred . I was taught ...
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... divine doctrine . was imbibed by me gradually and almost impercep- tibly . I was so accustomed to it , it coincided so well with all my animal feelings , that I had never observed the contradiction in which I lived . I did not see that ...
... divine doctrine . was imbibed by me gradually and almost impercep- tibly . I was so accustomed to it , it coincided so well with all my animal feelings , that I had never observed the contradiction in which I lived . I did not see that ...
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... divine , and at the same time I was ordering my life contrary to His teaching . What was left me to do , but to acknowledge the teaching as an im- practicable one ? In word I acknowledged the teach- ing of Christ as sacred ; but I did ...
... divine , and at the same time I was ordering my life contrary to His teaching . What was left me to do , but to acknowledge the teaching as an im- practicable one ? In word I acknowledged the teach- ing of Christ as sacred ; but I did ...
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What I Believe: Translated from the Russian by Constantine Popoff Leo Tolstoy Sin vista previa disponible - 1999 |
Términos y frases comunes
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Pasajes populares
Página 129 - Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?
Página 80 - But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
Página 79 - For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife; 8 And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh. 9 What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
Página 29 - Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law : but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
Página 85 - Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. % But let your communication be, Yea, yea ; nay, nay : for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
Página 132 - And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through. 40 Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.
Página 88 - But above all things, my brethren, swear not; neither by heaven, neither by the earth, | neither by any other oath : but let your yea, be yea; and your nay, nay ; lest ye fall into condemnation.
Página 79 - And He saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her. And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.
Página 57 - The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.
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What did Jesus Mean?: Explaining the Sermon on the Mount and the Parables in ... Anna Wierzbicka Vista previa limitada - 2001 |