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Leo Tolstoy
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Leo Tolstoy was a Russian writer born in 1828 who is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential authors of all time. He is best known for his novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina, which are frequently cited as pinnacles of realist fiction. In the 1870s he experienced a profound moral crisis and spiritual awakening that led him to become a fervent Christian anarchist and pacifist. He died in 1910 at the age of 82.
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mention·Dialectic·AUGUST 25, 2026
“When Tolstoy writes philosophy, he is concerned with the transmission of morally edifying sentiments. But when he writes novels, he wants to show us evil. Even when he shows us good, he does it to show us evil.”
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