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 6
... nearer to the Christian state of mind I longed for , but rather alienated me from it . I turned away from the Church . For the precepts which were given me by the Church concerning belief in dogmas , observance of 6 WHAT I BELIEVE .
... nearer to the Christian state of mind I longed for , but rather alienated me from it . I turned away from the Church . For the precepts which were given me by the Church concerning belief in dogmas , observance of 6 WHAT I BELIEVE .
Pagina 8
... given of the perfection after which man must strive ; that man being full of sin cannot attain this perfection by his own unaided strength , and that the salvation of a man lies in faith , prayer , and the gifts of the grace of God ...
... given of the perfection after which man must strive ; that man being full of sin cannot attain this perfection by his own unaided strength , and that the salvation of a man lies in faith , prayer , and the gifts of the grace of God ...
Pagina 9
Leo Tolstoy. Why should Christ have given us such clear and good precepts , applicable to us all , if He knew before- hand that the keeping of them was impossible by man in his own unaided strength ? On reading over these precepts , it ...
Leo Tolstoy. Why should Christ have given us such clear and good precepts , applicable to us all , if He knew before- hand that the keeping of them was impossible by man in his own unaided strength ? On reading over these precepts , it ...
Pagina 11
... given to me : why should I thus lose it ? This cannot be what Christ requires of us . ' Then I said to myself , ' Perhaps in these words Christ only purposes to extol suffering and self - denial , and in so doing He speaks ...
... given to me : why should I thus lose it ? This cannot be what Christ requires of us . ' Then I said to myself , ' Perhaps in these words Christ only purposes to extol suffering and self - denial , and in so doing He speaks ...
Pagina 14
... given us a commandment , which He requires us to obey ; He says that only those who do keep His commandments shall enter life eternal ; He fulfilled this command- ment Himself , as offering us His example ; and how could I then say that ...
... given us a commandment , which He requires us to obey ; He says that only those who do keep His commandments shall enter life eternal ; He fulfilled this command- ment Himself , as offering us His example ; and how could I then say that ...
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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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