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- 51: Gandhi: A Man with Virtues
- ... white South Africans, Gandhi began to teach a method of “passive resistance,” to, the South African authorities. _Part of the inspiration for this method came from the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy. Christ and Henry David Thoreau, a 19th century American writer, also inspired Gandhi. In 1914 the government of the Union of South Africa made important concessions to Gandhi's demands ...
- 52: Vegetarians
- ... were simultaneously involved in other struggles, such as the child welfare and antislavery movements. It was during this period that the first written works on vegetarianism by Europeans appeared. Leo Tolstoy and Percy Bysshe Shelley are examples of 19th-century writers who advocated a meatless lifestyle. For a while, people who abstained from eating flesh were said to be following the ...
- 53: How Much Land Does A Man Really Need?
- ... motivated to fulfill his need of property. The setting plays a major role in contributing to Pahom’s decisions in the tale “How Much Land Does a Man Need,” by Tolstoy. He is living in Russia in the late 1800’s or early 1900’s. Russians during this era of time did not occupy too much that they could call their ...
- 54: The Influence of Thoreau on Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr.
- ... his teaching of the policy of passive resistance after being attacked and beaten by South African whites. “Part of the inspiration for this policy came from the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy, whose influence on Gandhi was profound. Gandhi also acknowledged his debt to the teachings of Christ and to the 19th-century American writer Henry David Thoreau, especially to Thoreau's ...
- 55: Plato's Simile of the Cave: Artist's Work is Based On Illusion
- ... may lead one to the question: Is being bad more fun than being good? Plato is a harsh critic; however, he is not completely scornful towards the artist. Plato and Tolstoy believe that art is good only when it is served in a positive manner. According to Plato, education of good morals at the earliest of years is imperative, and he ...
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