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by Count Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy (Author), Constance Garnett (Translator) "Among the first responses some letters called forth by my book were some letters from American Quakers ..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Dover Publications Inc. (1 Jan 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0486451380
  • ISBN-13: 978-0486451381
  • Product Dimensions: 20.6 x 13 x 1.8 cm
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5.0 out of 5 stars Philosophy and life, Tolstoy interprets Jesus teaching, 16 Dec 2005
By Craig Burrows (Quezon City, Metro Manila Philippines) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Kingdom of God is within You (Paperback)
Authors come and authors go, occasionally one will stick in the public conscience, influence humanity and be hailed as a genius. Tolstoy is obviously one of these giants. War and Peace has assumed a mythical place as the book most people have heard of and very few have read, or at least finished. Tolstoy himself turned his back on this novel but one of the books he counted as having great merit was this harmonisation of the Gospels. Evangelical it is not, even the humanist classics have published a translation, but Tolstoy endeavours to synthesise the ethical teaching of Jesus as presented by the evangelists. Many can argue over his success in achieving this, the exclusion of miracles and his decision to stick only to the ethical strand of the Gospels sticks in the gullet of many sincere Christians but the influence of this small book cannot be doubted.

Wittgenstein is arguably the greatest philosopher of the 20th century but his discovery of Tolstoy's “Gospel in Brief” during the First World War had an immense influence on his philosophy so that he became an evangelist of sorts for Tolstoy even being know as “the man with the Gospel”. Here is just one example of the greatness of this small book. It is indeed an idiosyncratic rendition of the Gospels but it contains great wisdom, is beautifully written and deserves to be read over and over by anyone interested in philosophy or even life.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The heart of Tolstoy, 7 Feb 2006
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This review is from: The Kingdom of God is within You (Paperback)
This is a book that could change your world. It is the core of Christianity, a faith stripped down to its essential truths - the Sermon on the Mount. This for Tolstoy is a way of life as far removed from 'Churchianity' as you can get, and dangerously radical just like Jesus himself. At its heart is Matthew V, verse 39, and Christ's words "Resist not evil", which led Tolstoy to a belief in absolute non-violence. This is where the Quakers are, as well as the Mennonites in America and the Doukhobors in Canada. This is what turned M K Gandhi's life upside down when he read it. It remains a powerful influence and holds a central place in the literature of pacifism. It is tough going, and this edition does contain the odd literal, but you won't be able to put it down. If more people read it and convert to its view, the world will be a more peaceful place. Order it now.
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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Book Well Worth Reading, 30 Jun 2006
This review is from: The Kingdom of God is within You (Paperback)
This book is amazing. Tolstoy takes a critical look ant the hypocrisy of society, governments, the Church and the people. It makes you realise that Christianity can be a fantastic thing to believe in, just not the way it is used today. I am not a religious person and after reading this book I understand why.

What makes this book so amazing for me is that more than 100 years after the book was written it is still so relevant to our so called modern society. We have not advanced as people and nations in the past century. We still have the same hopes and fears and we still face wars and killing. Governments still fear their people and still control them with military force.

This book is a must. If people implemented the ideas discussed the world would be a better place.

Read it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars a good recommendation
This book by Tolstoy and the Sermon of the Mount are 2 of the recommended reads made by Mohatma Gandhi in his book 'Autobiobraphy: My experiments with truth'. Read more
Published 12 months ago by P. Garcia

5.0 out of 5 stars The Kingdom of God Is Within You (Hardcover)
This is a great book. Tolstoys brilliant analytical mind hammers home the true meaning of christianity. the hardback version has dozens of typo's though. Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars Tolstoy's non-fiction masterpiece
Tolstoy was a devout Christian towards the end of his life, but had no belief in the miraculous. This book is his account of why Christianity is an excellent way of living even... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Extremely thought provoking, one of the best books I've read
Reading this book can, hopefully, change how persons think about truth and non-violence. No doubt Gandhi was overwhelmed by it (and tried to practise it). Read more
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