Death and the Meaning of Life: Selected Writings of Leo Tolstoy
- ISBN-10
- 1560727047
- ISBN-13
- 9781560727040
- Category
- Death
- Pages
- 117
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000
- Publisher
- Nova Publishers
- Author
- graf Leo Tolstoy
Description
Presents materials that reveal the essence of Tolstoy's beliefs on immortality, death, God, and the meaning of life. Contains two booklets ("About Immortality" No. 751 and "About Death" No. 752) compiled by Tolstoy comprising quotations from various philosophers explaining the meaning that death gives to life; essays explaining the actions that Tolstoy thought must be taken to grow spiritually; and finally, diary entries (translated here for the first time in English) pertaining to spiritual themes made during the last year of Tolstoy's life.
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