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LÉON TOLSTOÏ - La Pensée de l'Humanité - Dernière œuvre de L. Tolstoï - TRADUITE DU RUSSE - PAR - E. HALPÉRINE-KAMINSKY - PARIS - L'ÉDITION MODERNE—LIBRAIRIE AMBERT - 47, RUE DE BERRI, 47 - 1912
PRÉFACE DU TRADUCTEUR
PRÉFACE DE L'AUTEUR
A quietly powerful meditation, this volume gathers the timeless insights of the world’s greatest thinkers and the spiritual traditions they shaped. Leo Tolstoy wove their sayings together with his own reflections, creating a daily companion for anyone seeking meaning beyond everyday bustle. The result feels both intimate—to his bedside moments of illness—and universal, offering a shared language for the quest for purpose.
Organised into thirty focused chapters, each one tackles a single, fundamental question: the nature of happiness, the pull of passion, the path of moral conduct, and the ultimate aim of human life. The layout invites a month‑long journey, letting listeners digest a clear, concise meditation each day while still serving as a handy bedside guide. Tolstoy’s meticulous revisions, made in the final years of his life, give the collection a polished, contemplative rhythm.
Beyond a simple anthology, the work stands as Tolstoy’s testament—a careful, loving synthesis of centuries of thought that seeks to illuminate the “path of life” for every listener willing to pause and reflect.
Full title
La Pensée de l'Humanité Dernière oeuvre de L. Tolstoï Dernière oeuvre de L. Tolstoï
Language
fr
Duration
~8 hours (503K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Madeleine Fournier, Annemie Arnst & Marc D'Hooghe (Scans generously made available by Gallica, Bibliothèque nationale de France)
Release date
Sep 18, 2013
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1828–1910
One of literature’s towering figures, this Russian novelist brought huge emotional depth and everyday detail to stories that still feel alive today. Best known for War and Peace and Anna Karenina, he also spent much of his later life questioning society, faith, and violence.
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