The Kingdom of God is Within You; What is Art?
LYOF N. TOLSTOÏ
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THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS WITHIN YOU
WHAT IS ART?
COUNT TOLSTOÏ PLOWING
From the Painting by Repin
THE NOVELS AND OTHER WORKS OF LYOF N. TOLSTOÏ
NEW YORK CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS 1902
Copyright, 1899, By THOMAS V. CROWELL & CO.
The present volume contains two contrasting treatises. The first is religious, and shows in Count Tolstoï's earnest and eloquent manner the meaning of Christ's words which he takes for his text,— The Kingdom of God is within you. The outward forms of religion, however helpful they may be to some souls, are not essential; the superstitions with which Faith sometimes clothes or masks herself may or may not be uplifting; but the foundation of Christianity is the truth contained in Christ's words, his simple, plain, undogmatic commands and prohibitions.
One word sums it all up, and that word is Love. If the world should take love for its guiding star, it is evident that all the evils of the world would cease,—wars, crimes, poverty, ambitions; the millennium would come! Count Tolstoï shows how that blessed period may begin in every man. The translation of this beautiful and inspiring book has been made by Mrs. Aline Delano of Boston.
graf Leo Tolstoy
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INTRODUCTION
CONTENTS
AUTHOR'S PREFACE
DOCTRINE OF NON-RESISTANCE TO EVIL FROM THE ORIGIN OF CHRISTIANITY, HAS BEEN, AND STILL IS, PROFESSED BY THE MINORITY OF MEN
OPINIONS OF BELIEVERS AND UNBELIEVERS IN REGARD TO NON-RESISTANCE
MISCONCEPTION OF CHRISTIANITY BY NON-BELIEVERS
MISCONCEPTION OF CHRISTIANITY BY SCIENTISTS
CONTRADICTION OF OUR LIFE AND CHRISTIAN CONSCIOUSNESS
ATTITUDE OF MEN OF THE PRESENT DAY TOWARD WAR
SIGNIFICANCE OF THE MILITARY CONSCRIPTION
CERTAINTY OF THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE OF NON-RESISTANCE TO EVIL BY VIOLENCE BY THE MEN OF OUR WORLD
THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE-CONCEPTION DELIVERS MEN FROM THE MISERIES OF OUR PAGAN LIFE
USELESSNESS OF VIOLENCE FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF EVIL. THE MORAL ADVANCE OF MANKIND IS ACCOMPLISHED, NOT ONLY THROUGH THE KNOWLEDGE OF TRUTH, BUT ALSO THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PUBLIC OPINION
CHRISTIAN PUBLIC OPINION ALREADY ARISES IN OUR SOCIETY, AND WILL INEVITABLY DESTROY THE SYSTEM OF VIOLENCE OF OUR LIFE. WHEN THIS WILL COME ABOUT
CHAPTER XII
CONCLUSION
WHAT IS ART?
TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE
WHAT IS ART?
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
THE CONCLUSION
APPENDIX I
APPENDIX IV
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