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Bethink Yourselves" by Leo Tolstoy is a Tolstoy on war classic work that laments...Again war. Again sufferings, necessary to nobody, utterly uncalled for; again fraud; again the universal stupefaction and brutalization of men. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Title: Bethink Yourselves
Series: (The Russians)
Author: Leo Tolstoy
Translator: Ayimer Maude
Rating: 1 of 5 Stars
Genre: Essay
Pages: 60 DNF / 30
Words: 15K DNF / 7.5K
Synopsis:
An essay against war. DNF'd at 50%.
My Thoughts:
I a not sure that I would have liked Tolstoy as a person after my attempt to read this short essay. Tolstoy and I would both agree that war is bad, but where we differ is that he didn't believe it was necessary while I most certainly think it is (I wonder what he would have thought about Hitler?).
The reason I just quit this in disgust though was Tolstoy's repeated attempts at categorizing war as explicitly anti-Christian, ie, there was no way to justify being a Christian AND to fight in a war. He doesn't even address the idea of a Just War but just throws it out the window without even examining it (at least in the half of the essay I read). He repeatedly bangs the drum of “Thou Shalt Not Murder” (the 6th Commandment given by God Himself to humanity) but ignores the fact that God sent Israel on wars of conquest as punishment against the Canaanite nations. It wasn't so much that Tolstoy was anti-war that disgusted me but that he was proof texting (basing a conclusion on one or two Bible verses without looking at what the Bible as a whole has to say about a subject) and doing it very badly.
The movie Hacksaw Ridge shows what a lot of 7th Day Adventists did (and do) about this situation. They are Conscientious Objectors but they still participate in a war overall. Desmond Doss was a medic in the army but wouldn't carry a gun. Tolstoy doesn't even consider options like this but is All or Nothing with him being on the Nothing side of the equation.
I've had glimpses of Tolstoy's philosophy in his novels but this was the first time I've been exposed to it directly. Not a fan. I just hope this doesn't affect my enjoyment of his novels.
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