My Religion (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9789354629501)

Raised in the Russian Orthodox Church, Tolstoy lost his religion at 18. After a life of debauchery, in his early 50s, he wanted religion - or some source of intellectual security - back. Tolstoy notes that, whatever the faith may be, it "gives to the finite existence of man an infinite meaning, a meaning not destroyed by sufferings, deprivations, or death," and yet he is careful not to conflate faith with a specific religion. Tolstoy believed being a Christian required him to be a pacifist; the apparently inevitable waging of war by governments, is why he is considered a philosophical anarchist.

Author: Leo Tolstoy
ISBN-10: 9354629504
ISBN-13: 9789354629501
Publisher: True Sign Publishing House
Language: English
Published: 03/01/2021
Pages: 162
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.47lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.37d