The sayings of Leo Tolstoy / edited by Robert Pearce.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910

Contributor:

Pearce, R. D. (Robert D.)

Maude, Aylmer, 1858-1938.

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Works. Selections. English. 1995

Language:

English

Russian

Subjects (All):

Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910--Quotations--Translations into English.

Tolstoy, Leo.

Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910.

Quotations, Russian--Translations into English.

Quotations, Russian.

Genre:

Quotations.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

64 pages ; 20 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Duckworth, 1995.

Summary:

Everyone struggles with his whole strength to obtain what he does not need. It is easier to write ten volumes of philosophy than to put a single precept into practice. Men did and always will err, and in nothing more than what they consider right and wrong. Man survives earthquakes, epidemics, terrible illnesses, and every kind of spiritual suffering, but always the most poignant tragedy was, is, ever will be, the tragedy of the bedroom. Leo Tolstoy is universally recognised as a colossus of world literature. Author of some of the finest novels and stories ever written, he was also a religious and political thinker of outstanding originality and power. This collection of quotations reveals him to be as great a master of profound sayings as he was of the epic novel. Few voices have ever been so compelling and challenging.

Contents:

War 13

Love 16

Suffering & Death 20

History & Causation 23

Human Nature 26

Happiness & Pleasure 32

Doctors & Teachers 34

Religion & Morality 36

Men, Women & Family Life 45

Politics 51

Himself 55

Art 62.

Notes:

"All quotations taken from the works of Aylmer Maude ... Maude's Oxford Centenary Edition (1928-37)"--Page 12.

ISBN:

071562671X

9780715626719

OCLC:

34730952