God and Man According To Tolstoy

With a critical look at Tolstoy's persona, faith, and thought, this book treats the writer as a midwife of modern counterculture. It shows and tries to correct the metaphysical blunder on which Tolstoy's philosophy was based.

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God and Man According to Tolstoy

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God and Man According to Tolstoy

GOD AND MAN ACCORDING TO TOLSTOY

Copyright © Alexander Boot, 2009. All rights reserved.

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For Naum Grubert, who unwittingly inspired this book.

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For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.

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(Mark 14:22)

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1 Introduction

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2 Uncovering the Secret

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3 What Kind of Man Would Take On God?

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4 Rel