My Confession by Leo Tolstoy ~ Full Audiobook [philosophy]

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02/22/23

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My Confession by Leo Tolstoy audiobook.

Genre: philosophy

'My Confession' is a brief autobiographical story of Leo Tolstoy's struggle with a mid-life existential crisis of melancholia. It describes his search for answers to the profound questions 'What will come of my life?' and 'What is the meaning of life?', without answers to which life, for him, had become 'impossible.' Tolstoy reflects on the arc of his philosophical life until then: his childhood abandonment of his Russian orthodox faith; his mastery of strength, will, power, and reason; and how, after he had achieved tremendous financial success and social status, life to him seemed meaningless. After despairing of his attempts to find answers in science, philosophy, eastern wisdom, and his fellow men of letters, he describes his turn to the wisdom of the common people and his attempts to reconcile their instinctive faith with the dictates of his reason. The main body of the text ends with the author reaching a compromise: faith, he realizes, is a necessity, but it must be constrained by reason. However, an epilogue that describes a dream he had some time after completing the body of the text suggests that he has undergone a radical personal and spiritual transformation.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:09:28) Chapter 02

(00:19:17) Chapter 03

(00:29:52) Chapter 04

(00:41:04) Chapter 05

(00:54:49) Chapter 06

(01:11:46) Chapter 07

(01:23:59) Chapter 08

(01:30:33) Chapter 09

(01:42:12) Chapter 10

(01:50:51) Chapter 11

(01:57:32) Chapter 12

(02:08:15) Chapter 13

(02:16:43) Chapter 14

(02:23:13) Chapter 15

(02:32:28) Chapter 16

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Master and Man by Leo Tolstoy ~ Full Audiobook [drama]

February 22, 2023

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149m

Master and Man by Leo Tolstoy audiobook.

Genre: drama

A land owner, Vasili Andreevich, takes along one of his peasants, Nikita, for a short journey to another town. He wishes to get to the town quickly 'for business'. They find themselves in the middle of a blizzard, but the master in his avarice wishes to press on. They eventually get lost off the road and they try to camp. The master's peasant soon finds himself about to die from hypothermia. The master leaves him on the horse to stubbornly try to find the road. When he returns, he attains a spiritual/moral revelation, and Tolstoy once again repeats one of his famous themes: that the only true happiness in life is found by living for others.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:19:26) Chapter 02

(00:34:21) Chapter 03

(00:50:31) Chapter 04

(01:05:59) Chapter 05

(01:21:30) Chapter 06

(01:46:19) Chapter 07

(01:52:55) Chapter 08

(02:03:35) Chapter 09

(02:16:45) Chapter 10

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Sevastopol by Leo Tolstoy ~ Full Audiobook [history]

February 22, 2023

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305m

Sevastopol by Leo Tolstoy audiobook.

Genre: history

Sevastopol Sketches are three short stories written by Leo Tolstoy and published in 1855 to record his experiences during the Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855) in the Crimean War (1853-1856). The name originates from Sevastopol, a city in Crimea. The book has also been released under the anglicized title The Sebastopol Sketches and is sometimes titled Sevastopol Stories. These brief 'sketches' formed the basis of many of the episodes in Tolstoy's magnum opus, War and Peace.

Sevastopol in December: In Sevastopol in December, Tolstoy uses second person narrative (with the pronoun 'you') in an introductory tour of life in Sevastopol. The detailed tour is arguably similar to one Tolstoy may have been given upon arrival in Sevastopol in November, 1854.... Tolstoy also uses Sevastopol in December to introduce the reader to the settings, mannerisms, and background he uses in Sevastopol in May and Sevastopol in August. For example, when referring to the enemy, either the British or the French, but only the French are featured in the Sketches; they are referred to as ' 'him', as both soldiers and sailors say'.

Sevastopol in May In Sevastopol in May, Tolstoy examines the senselessness and vanity of war. The story examines many aspects of the psychology of war, heroism, and the misleading presence of humanism in truces (misleading because countries continuously go to war with one another, despite past truces). Tolstoy concludes by declaring that the only hero of his story is truth.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:40:55) Chapter 02

(00:49:40) Chapter 03

(01:07:07) Chapter 04

(01:21:14) Chapter 05

(01:29:12) Chapter 06

(01:45:11) Chapter 07

(01:58:31) Chapter 08

(02:07:01) Chapter 09

(02:21:44) Chapter 10