I feel saddened by how weak our schooling systems are that no one tought or even guided us to these ideas. Thank you & all great philosopher's

@schnitzelfilmmaker1130

10 ай бұрын

This channel, along with the likes of Whatifalthist, Pilgrim’s Pass, Cosmic Skeptic (I’m a Christian, so are the two previous channels, so not here to promote atheism or anything - obviously agreement is not a prerequisite for appreciation) and probably a few others are a few of the channels presenting intellectually solid ideas. But as for what you said, look at the rest of the internet, it’s filled with massive bundles of ridiculousness, an unbelievable graveyard of stupidity which is getting close to driving me insane. I’m not even that smart or anything, I just spend a bit of time on the internet and am usually immediately left astounded by the sheer b.s. everyone is spouting out. Honestly it’s easier to believe that there’s some interests out there that prefer the masses to not give any thought to things. I’ve been complaining about the stupidity of the internet recently because it’s too compelling.

@carolmartin2768

3 ай бұрын

Gosh you need a hug. I agree, and when I feel like you I take a break from online stuff. I hope you feel better about this cruel crazy beautiful world soon brother ✝️💜🌈🎵🦋

“He had 13 children and 14 novels” I cried to this!

‘Life is a dream so live it before waking up’, what a line. I wish there was a recipe for happiness that fits all. Oh well! Very wise man Tolstoy was. Thank a bunch.

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

Happiness doesnt last. I like to be content. Thank you!

@vidalskyociosen3326

Жыл бұрын

@@Fiction_Beast Is it fair to say that the opposite of Tolstoy is Bukowski ?

@bellavia5

Жыл бұрын

There is NO fixed recipe for happiness. "Some days you eat the bear and other days -well-the bear eats you". Accept this and life becomes easier.

@sharontheodore8216

Жыл бұрын

@@bellavia5 I live with the verb 'accept'. It is very useful.

@bellavia5

Жыл бұрын

@@sharontheodore8216 Whatever works for you.

Life is a dream we need to wake up to

Thank You . What a summary ….. simply fabulous and impactful .

"It was evident that he had long been convinced that it was impossible for him to make a mistake, and that in his perception whatever he did was right, not because it harmonized with any idea of right and wrong but because he did it."

I thank you hundred times the Producer of this knowledgeable Program. It help me to cultivate the gem of Russian literature. Please and again Please keep the good job alive. Thank you again.

@Fiction_Beast

Жыл бұрын

You’re welcome.

Thank you for making this wonderful video!! I just started my tolstoy reading journey. I have read 3 short stories up to now. His realistic portrait of ordinary human struggle and characters are direct to the heart. I can’t wait to read more and learn from Tolstoy on how to lead a meaningful life

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

How well written is this.. also well researched...

Excellent Video. Wonderful. Thanks for sharing these life lessons by Leo Tolstoy. Expecting a video on Mo Yan, heard about him a lot. Best wishes!

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I got a few projects on my list. Mo Yan is a great writer, perhaps in a future video. I did include one of his novels in my top 10 chinese novels.

Beautiful! Thank you.

This is. so so so good! Just found you and cant wait to go through the backlog, these are the kind of videos I want to be making!

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

Yay! Thank you!

What a fantastic educational video. Sir. You are doing excellent and valuable work.

@Fiction_Beast

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

My father always tells that it's a big shame and failure Nobel Committee that they didn't award this gem a Nobel Prize for his literary work. But at the end, he is eternal who has become much bigger than just a Nobel prize.

Great 👍 bro, may God bless you

Thank you for the video

Counter-intuitively, reality is all in the mind 😮

I read his short stories and they were amazing. My favorites were alyosha the pot and the three questions.

Exceptional....❤

Great vid my friend! I usually read for strictly entertainment purposes. ( I rarely pick up the deeper themes and life lessons inside the pages 😂.) So its a nice to see a deeper dive into these authors from much smarter men than myself 🙏

Thrilling depths of Life, of Existence 🌺🌺🌺

I like and appreciate what you do

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

thanks so much.

I feel like the educational system really failed us on the beauty of Russian literature

This channel is a dream! 😄😁 sad that we haven't something like this on Brazil >D

@Fiction_Beast

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I discussed a Brazilian novel by Machado de Assis. Search for it.

You kinda spoiled Anna Karenina. Wish you would’ve put some kind of disclosure warning of spoilers. Otherwise good video

Great video, thank you very much , note to self(nts) watched all of it 14:36

I majored in sociology like Tolstoy. Maybe I'll write world's greatest novel too? No, but at least I have the peasant clothing part down!

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

tolstoy also made his own shoes. you're halfway there.

@geraldmeehan8942

2 жыл бұрын

@@Fiction_Beast Shoe goo is the closest I've gotten, lol

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

Or walk barefoot 😃

@geraldmeehan8942

2 жыл бұрын

@@Fiction_Beast That's more the granddaughter's thing I'm sort of a tenderfoot

Tolstoy is my favorite

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

He was great! What’s your favorite novel by him?

@cappy2282

2 жыл бұрын

@@Fiction_Beast War and Peace is my favorite book..so definitely that (number 2 is "the sound and the fury" by Faulkner) Anna and death of Ivan were also amazing but war and peace is perfect in my opinion

3:35 5:24

My favorite Russian is Chekhov. He was a short story writer and a playwright, not a novelist.

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

I love Chekhov. Chekhovian gun is my favourite literary device :)

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

By the way i saw a couple of your short videos on Sicily. Love your narration and I hope you did manage to make your documentary after all.

@vidalskyociosen3326

Жыл бұрын

Many would say it's Putin, but I disagree, ask India it's still Putin.

Does anyone know Fiction Beast’s qualifications?

He was so wise. I so wish we would learn from these men. Life is about serving others, how different the world would be, we certainly wouldnt be having a social care crisis ere in the UK. An embrace imperfection, how unhappy people everyone is aiming towards perfection, it dosnt exist. An fear of death, weve done it many times an the only thing that's guaranteed in life is death, yet us in the west terrified of it. We celebrate birth an dread death, it should really be the other way around. Think how different the world would be. I dont agree with what he says about India enslave itself, there a passive people due to there strong faith that forbids violence, where has us UK have always been war mongers. And life is a dream, like a dream depending on how you feel an what you think is what your life is, so be happy help others an rid yourself of all ego an need for success an perfection, if you genuinely want to be happy. Serve others an just watch how miraculously your life changes. It has been said the body is only there to serve others, a promise from the creator " Serve others an you'll be served yourself".

koot > quote

Ban sex? As a writer, Tolstoy is one of my heroes. But his social philosophy might have it's heart in the right place, but it is a little unrealistic.

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

he did channel his "crazy" creative energy into writing. who know why he might have done, if he weren't a writer.

👍👍👍👍🙏🙏🙏

Great video as always

So what’s his philosophy? You talked about his biography and summary of his work, But what’s his philosophy?

@Fiction_Beast

Жыл бұрын

8 life lessons

"See you space cowboy, you're gonna carry that weight."

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

Past is getting heavier and heavier as you age.

Most brainy people say that we are in a dream

Tolstoy wrote the greatest novel of 19th century. Then he lost his way. In War and Peace it is obvious he is a moralist, but he retains a good balance with his aesthetic sense. Later on he lost this balance and turned himself into an insufferable moralist, with a strong dose of misogyny. He became the guru that inspired Mahatma Gandhi.

@_greenrunner_

Жыл бұрын

He went mad for he could not find the truth he sought, everywhere he looked there was conflict and it just broke the man. His theological essays are still fantastic and has made me religious again. It’s not so much that he lost his way, more that he just doubled down on what was already there.

Chekhov understood faster. He was a European. The others sound turkish. Dosto.... There is a wall in the eyes of Tolstoj. He didn't want to see his spouse in his last days.

@Fiction_Beast

2 жыл бұрын

Not sure what you mean.

The music is so very distracting.

And last but not least, DON'T EAT ANIMALS. Tolstoy was against animal exploitation.

Lav Tolstoy was a Muslim and when his family learned about that they abandoned him !

@here_we_go_again2571

21 күн бұрын

He abandoned his wife and 14 children; after spending large sums of money on his favorite causes (Money that was much needed at home = 14 children!) *He made those children* *they were HIS* *responsibility*

Today the western Nazis don’t allow Russian literature…. Sad , like in NAZI time …😢❤❤❤

Tolstoy died before the 1917 revolution. This was lucky.

im socialist unitili die 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

Escaped his wife? Abandoned her and his children...having forced her into multiple births against her will.

@ettome

Жыл бұрын

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@xyzllii

Жыл бұрын

@@ettome His cruelty to her is well documented.

@ettome

Жыл бұрын

@@xyzllii?

@here_we_go_again2571

21 күн бұрын

Exactly!

@here_we_go_again2571

21 күн бұрын

@@ettome Tolstoy was very abusive to his wife. When they were first married he insisted that she read all of his diaries of his adventures during his time as a soldier at whore houses. He insisted that she be prepared to act out those things (she was a very young virgin!) They had 14 children and then he abandoned the children and his wife.

Really Life worth living with the Leo Tolstoy multi- Milestones 🔥🌺🙏⛎🛐♋️🕎✝️☪️✡️☯️☸️🕉️🙏🌺🔥 It’s all as Divinely Ordained 🌺🌺🌺