Be Specific About Epithetical Books A Confession
| Title | : | A Confession |
| Author | : | Leo Tolstoy |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 108 pages |
| Published | : | October 1st 2006 by Aegypan (first published 1880) |
| Categories | : | Philosophy. Nonfiction. Classics. Religion. Cultural. Russia. Literature. Russian Literature. Biography |
Leo Tolstoy
Paperback | Pages: 108 pages Rating: 4.08 | 8741 Users | 934 Reviews
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A Confession -- an essay by Leo Tolstoy on his religious thoughts -- shows the great author in process of looking for answers to profound questions that trouble all who take them on: "What will come of my life?" and "What is the meaning of life?" these are questions whose answers were an absolute requirement for Tolstoy. In the course of the essay, Tolstoy shows different attempts to find answers on the examples of science, philosophy, eastern wisdom, and the opinions of his fellow novelists. . . . finding no workable solution in any of these, Tolstoy recognizes the deep religious convictions of ordinary people as containing the key to true answers. The first attempt at its publication took place in 1882 (Russkaya Mysl, No 5), but Tolstoy's work was removed virtually from the whole edition of the journal by Orthodox Church censorship. The text was later published in Geneva (1884), in Russia as late as 1906 (Vsemirnyj Vestnik, No 1).Describe Books Conducive To A Confession
| Original Title: | Исповедь |
| ISBN: | 1598184717 (ISBN13: 9781598184716) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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Ratings: 4.08 From 8741 Users | 934 ReviewsEvaluation Epithetical Books A Confession
I read this because my friend Jenn said she was reading it. Last year I read Anna Karenina (which I loved) and decades ago I had read War and Peace and some of his terrific stories such as "The Death of Ivan Ilych", but I had never read this piece. I think of myself as an agnostic, brought up in a conservative Dutch Calvinist religion, and once taught Bible in a Christian school, so I am familiar with and have read theology and am always exploring spiritual issues in my reading, one way or theWhen Tolstoy had a Monolithic Enlightenment experience in mid age, his illusions were irreparably shattered.He saw clearly now that he had goofed up - big time - with War and Peace and Anna Karenina, the very blockbusters that had made him a worldwide household name.Like Sartre, the irruption of the Absurd had set his world - and his Very Fame - on its head. And Tolstoy knew he had had it all wrong.For his vision of a happy family was based on a petit bourgeois sham, as Sartre saw. Instead of
I'm not quite sure how to write a review for this nakedly honest disclosure of the mid life spiritual crisis of one of the greatest literary giants. This short work really left me stunned and it took some time to quiet my mind enough to pen my thoughts. In the first part of the story, Tolstoy explains his frustration (which ultimately shapes in to depression) over not understanding the meaning of life. He resorts to science, philosophy, metaphysics and religious practices to learn the true
I read somewhere that this is the most important book for understanding his works. I agree with this part, but I don't completely agree with his thinking ... but hey, that's his confession and who I am to judged his thoughts and feelings ... except that - I think it's the best book I've read this year, so far. Slightly socially critical, moving, an extraordinary insight into his thoughts about depression, faith, life, family ... and, of course, the main starting point of all the thinking is the
I like to think an elderly Tolstoy would be distraught about the effect his Confession (1880) has had on me, which is to deeply unsettle me with his thinking during his depressed period, without my finding comfort in his ultimate conclusion that faith is the essence of life. He would be such because he came to find all art (or creative works such as this) which arent immediately comprehensible by the simplest of simpletons, and which points them in the direction of salvation, to be worthless1.
Why am I here? Not this familiar existential question, which no one could answer, is what earns this book special. Simply it is the time it has been asked at is what makes all the remainder to me. As Leo Tolstoy has never held the essence of this question while he was in the bottom of nothing. On the contrary, he exercised that when he was on the top of everything; Success, fame, and social stability. Perhaps thats why I felt this confession is very nearly similar to the painstaking doubt
From BBC radio 4 Extra:Episode 1 of 10Early doubts about religion and the existence of God.Episode 2 of 10Leo Tolstoy's passionate search for the meaning of life. Can writing and family provide the answer?Episode 3 of 10Does death make life pointless? Leo Tolstoy's passionate search for the meaning of life read by Joss Ackland. Episode 4 of 10Leo Tolstoy's passionate search for the meaning of life. Can philosophy provide an answer?Episode 5 of 10Leo Tolstoy's passionate search for the meaning of
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