The four classic tales in this volume illuminate Leo Tolstoy’s radical orientation toward war and commerce, revealing his vision for a sustainable, peaceable world. The feature story, Ivan the Fool, presents an archetypal fool who works hard, cooperates with everyone, and manages to foil every attempt to cause his downfall. In the end, peasant life comes out on top, while the pillars of imperial Russian society topple down. Esarhaddon, King of Assyria explores a king’s empathy-based revelation to end all violence; and A Grain as Big as a Hen’s Egg playfully looks at the relationship between health, soil, labor, and food economies. Three Questions sums up Tolstoy’s highest ideal of serving others in the present moment. Some may critique these stories as being too simplistic or too moralistic. But these tales have stood the test of time precisely because they entertain well while evoking universal truths that lift us above humanity’s self-serving impulses.
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Ted Lewis (Editor) is a restorative justice consultant and trainer for the Center for Restorative Justice & Peacemaking (University of Minnesota). He lives in Duluth, Minnesota, where he runs the Agapé Peace Center.Buy this ebook and get 1 more FREE!
Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 60 ● ISBN 9781532654961 ● File size 3.4 MB ● Editor Ted Lewis ● Translator Louise Maude & Aylmer Maude ● Publisher Wipf and Stock Publishers ● City Eugene ● Country US ● Published 2018 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 6886391 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM
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