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| − | '''Leo Tolstoy''' ([[1828]]-[[1910]]) is best known as the writer of the ''[[War and Peace]]'' (''Война и мир'') novel, but in the last 30 years of his life preached an [[anarcho-pacifism|anarcho-pacifist]] [[Christianity|Christian]] ideal of loving one's brother and turning the other cheek. As a Count, he was born into the Russian [[aristocracy]], but came to believe that his [[class]] was a burden on the backs of the poor. He greatly influenced [[Mohandas Gandhi]] with his ideas of [[non-violent resistance]], and it is these ideas rather than his anarchist ideas which have survived as a force in the modern world. | + | '''Leo Tolstoy''' ([[1828]]-[[1910]]) is best known as the writer of the ''[[War and Peace]]'' (''Война и мир'') novel, but in the last 30 years of his life preached an [[anarcho-pacifism|anarcho-pacifist]] [[Christianity|Christian]] ideal of loving one's brother and turning the other cheek. As a Count, he was born into the Russian [[aristocracy]], but came to believe that his [[class]] was a burden on the backs of the poor. He greatly influenced [[Mohandas K. Gandhi]] with his ideas of [[non-violent resistance]], and it is these ideas rather than his anarchist ideas which have survived as a force in the modern world. |
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Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) is best known as the writer of the War and Peace (Война и мир) novel, but in the last 30 years of his life preached an anarcho-pacifist Christian ideal of loving one's brother and turning the other cheek. As a Count, he was born into the Russian aristocracy, but came to believe that his class was a burden on the backs of the poor. He greatly influenced Mohandas K. Gandhi with his ideas of non-violent resistance, and it is these ideas rather than his anarchist ideas which have survived as a force in the modern world.
