What I BelieveCosimo, Inc., 1 set 2007 - 248 pagine 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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Pagina 7
... condemning private individuals , whole nations , or other religions ; and the inevitable results of these condemnations - executions and wars - were justified by the Church . I saw that the doctrine of Christ , which teaches us humility ...
... condemning private individuals , whole nations , or other religions ; and the inevitable results of these condemnations - executions and wars - were justified by the Church . I saw that the doctrine of Christ , which teaches us humility ...
Pagina 16
... condemn and to execute . I was taught to make war , i.e. , to resist evil by murder . The army , a member of which I was , was called a ' Christ - loving ** army , and its mission was consecrated by the Church . I was taught to resist ...
... condemn and to execute . I was taught to make war , i.e. , to resist evil by murder . The army , a member of which I was , was called a ' Christ - loving ** army , and its mission was consecrated by the Church . I was taught to resist ...
Pagina 23
... condemn not , and ye shall not be condemned ' ( Luke vi . 37 ) . The court of law , of which I was a member , and which guarded my property and my personal safety , seemed to me so unquestionably sacred , that it never came into my mind ...
... condemn not , and ye shall not be condemned ' ( Luke vi . 37 ) . The court of law , of which I was a member , and which guarded my property and my personal safety , seemed to me so unquestionably sacred , that it never came into my mind ...
Pagina 24
... condemn not , and ye shall not be condemned . ' ' Does it not mean that we are not only never to condemn our brother in word — ie . , speak evil of him - but that we are not to institute courts of law for the condemnation of a fellow ...
... condemn not , and ye shall not be condemned . ' ' Does it not mean that we are not only never to condemn our brother in word — ie . , speak evil of him - but that we are not to institute courts of law for the condemnation of a fellow ...
Pagina 26
... condemned , and sets us all an example of the way in which we are to treat the laws of man . There can be no doubt that Christ meant the human courts of law , which were to condemn Him and His disciples ; which have ever condemned , and ...
... condemned , and sets us all an example of the way in which we are to treat the laws of man . There can be no doubt that Christ meant the human courts of law , which were to condemn Him and His disciples ; which have ever condemned , and ...
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What I Believe: Translated from the Russian by Constantine Popoff Leo Tolstoy Anteprima non disponibile - 1999 |
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Brani popolari
Pagina 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?
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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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