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[https://www.libertarianism.org/columns/tolstoys-christian-non-resistance by David S. D’Amato 30/12/15 Libertarianism] | [https://www.libertarianism.org/columns/tolstoys-christian-non-resistance by David S. D’Amato 30/12/15 Libertarianism] | ||
Leo Tolstoy is best known as among history’s greatest novelists, authoring monuments of literary fiction such as War and Peace and Anna Karenina; yet Tolstoy was also a thoughtful and discerning political thinker, sensitive to the plight of the oppressed and offering deep and essentially libertarian criticisms of government power. | Leo Tolstoy is best known as among history’s greatest novelists, authoring monuments of literary fiction such as War and Peace and Anna Karenina; yet Tolstoy was also a thoughtful and discerning political thinker, sensitive to the plight of the oppressed and offering deep and essentially libertarian criticisms of government power. | ||
=====Tolstoy’s Last Station===== | |||
[https://johndear.org/tolstoys-last-station/ by John Dear Tolstoy’s Last Station] | |||
The best part about the recent movie “The Last Station” — a film that covers Leo Tolstoy’s turbulent last year — is Christopher Plummer’s performance. With subtlety and skill he brings Tolstoy to life as the last days take their toll. Family bliss wasn’t in his destiny. His wife, Sophia, failed to appreciate his Gospel values and wrangled with him over his plans to relinquish the copyrights of his works to the public domain. | |||
