Informationen zum Autor Leo Tolstoy; Translated with an Introduction by Jane Kentis Klappentext Tolstoy's passionate and iconoclastic writings--on issues of faith, immortality, freedom, violence, and morality--reflect his intellectual search for truth and a religion firmly grounded in reality. The selection includes 'A Confession,' 'Religion and Morality,' 'What Is Religion, and of What Does Its Essence Consist?,' and 'The Law of Love and the Law of Violence.' For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. Zusammenfassung This is a reader covering Tolstoy's later beliefs after he had rejected orthodox religion. The book mainly draws on "Confession" (1879), "What is My Faith?" (1884) and other occasional pieces. Inhaltsverzeichnis A Confession and Other Religious Writings Introduction A Confession What Is Religion and Of What Does Its Essence Consist? Religion and Morality The Law of Love and the Law of Violence Explanatory Notes

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Leo Tolstoy; Translated with an Introduction by Jane Kentis

Klappentext

Tolstoy's passionate and iconoclastic writings--on issues of faith, immortality, freedom, violence, and morality--reflect his intellectual search for truth and a religion firmly grounded in reality. The selection includes 'A Confession,' 'Religion and Morality,' 'What Is Religion, and of What Does Its Essence Consist?,' and 'The Law of Love and the Law of Violence.'

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Zusammenfassung
This is a reader covering Tolstoy's later beliefs after he had rejected orthodox religion. The book mainly draws on "Confession" (1879), "What is My Faith?" (1884) and other occasional pieces.

Inhalt

A Confession and Other Religious Writings Introduction
A Confession
What Is Religion and Of What Does Its Essence Consist?
Religion and Morality
The Law of Love and the Law of Violence
Explanatory Notes