Count Leo Tolstoy

During the 1879 a change occurred on his outlook of life and theology. Tolstoy was raised a devout Russian Orthodox Christian. He received the inspiration for Tolstoyism from the peasants. He enjoyed the simple faith that they had and urged everyone to become a common laborer. While he was undergoing his change in theology and outlook he started attacking the artificiality and rituals of the Russian Orthodox Church. Before his death Tolstoy was excommunicated from the church.

"True science investigates and brings to human perception such truths and knowledge as the people of a given time and society consider most important." What is Art? Ch 10 1898

In 1910, Tolstoy decided to leave home and live out in the woods, while traveling by train he caught pneumonia and died in Astapovo on November 20th. His works have been published worldwide and he is to this day considered on of the world and Russia's literary greats.

A Brief History of His Works separated into three time periods:

1852-1862: Childhood, Boyhood, and Youth 1852-1856 Sevastopol 1855 The Cossacks 1860-1863

1862-1879 during the time from his marriage to conversion: Considered his best works War and Peace 1863-1869 Anna Karenina 1873-1877

1879-1910 conversion to death: The Death of Ivan Ilyitch 1886 The Kreutzer Sonata 1889 Resurrection 1899 Religious and Ethics Books A Harmony and Translation of the Four Gospels 1881-1882 My Religion 1883 What Shall Be Done 1886 The Kingdom of God is Within You 1893 What is Art 1898 Confession 1882 How Much Land Does A Man Need 1886 Dramas - published after his death The First Distiller 1886 The Power of Darkness 1886 The Fruits of Enlightenment 1899

Confession, Essay's, and Images: http://www.dis.org/daver/anarchism/tolst...

Information from Tolstoy's Works, The Golden Age of Russian Literature, Brittianica

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