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A Calendar of Wisdom [Large Print] (Hardcover)

by Leo Tolstoy (Author), Peter Sekirin (Translator) "I took the thoughts collected here from a very large number of works and collections ..." (more)

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Hardcover: 397 pages
Publisher: G. K. Hall & Company; Lrg edition (April 1998)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 078388365X
ISBN-13: 978-0783883656
Product Dimensions: 24.2 x 16.4 x 2.4 cm
Shipping Weight: 649 g

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Tolstoy's last major work reflects his desire to proselytize the moral faith and ideals he struggled to put into practice in his later years. Tolstoy believed that reading daily from the world's great literature was imperative for both his own spiritual edification and that of his readers, so he set himself the task of gathering a wide range of wisdom for every day of the year. He translated, abbreviated, and in many cases expressed entirely in his own words these "quotations" from diverse sources such as the New Testament, the Koran, Greek philosophy, Lao-Tzu, Buddhist thought, and the poetry, novels, and essays of both ancient writers and contemporary thinkers. An important book now released in English for the first time.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

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InspirationalLarge Print EditionThis is the first-ever English-language edition of the book Leo Tolstoy considered to be his most important contribution to humanity. Widely read in pre-Revolutionary Russia, banned and forgotten under Communism, and recently rediscovered to great excitement, A Calendar of Wisdom is a day-by-day guide that illuminates the path of life. It deserves to take its rightful place beside the few books that will never cease teaching us the essence of what is important in life.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good book but NOT the "last" book written by Tolstoy, May 2 2003

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This review is from: A Calendar of Wisdom: Daily Thoughts to Nourish the Soul, Written and Selected from the World's Sacred Texts (Hardcover)

Calendar of Wisdom, a compilation of various wise sayings, is not the last book written by Tolstoy as claimed by one reader --Path of Life is. Calendar of Wisdom is a collection of wise sayings that caught Tolstoy's fancy. By the time he was 82 Tolstoy had re-thought the sayings in Calendar of Wisdom from a different point of view. In Path of Life he organized old and new wise sayings, from his own writing and from other philosophers, into an ordered, coherent philosophy of life --hence the title.

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5.0 out of 5 stars This book restores the soul...., Jun 10 2002

By	OAKSHAMAN "oakshaman" (Algoma, WI United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

This review is from: A Calendar of Wisdom: Daily Thoughts to Nourish the Soul, Written and Selected from the World's Sacred Texts (Hardcover)

I'm at a loss here to adequately describe my feelings concerning this book. I can see why Leo Tolstoy considered it his greatest contribution. It transcends even his great soul, for it is the cumulative soul of mankind. I am awed by this collection of the highest thoughts of mankinds' greatest representatives. There is such a wide cross-cultural range, yet you sense that all these minds, these souls, were connected by the same "golden thread": Lao-Tsu, Buddha, Socrates, Zoroaster, Manu, Pythagoras, Augustine, Mohammed, Mamononides, etc., etc., etc. I was especially struck by extensive quotes from such Americans as Jefferson, Emerson, Thoreau, even Chief Blackhawk of the Sauk. This is no shallow "new age" conglomeration, it was all carefully and lovingly assembled into a single masterful edifice over a century ago.
I can see now that this volume shall never leave my personal library. Indeed, it may never leave my nightstand. After the horrors and abominations of the day, this book never fails to restore the soul.
Unless of course you are an INFJ personality type- in that case this book IS your soul....

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5.0 out of 5 stars Spiritual Dietary Supplement, Mar 2 2001

By	Kim Gokce (Atlanta, GA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Calendar of Wisdom: Daily Thoughts to Nourish the Soul, Written and Selected from the World's Sacred Texts (Hardcover)

These intellectual and spiritual perspectives organized into bite-sized morsels of wisdom are thematic and tasty. An important part of my daily diet. Ideas and thoughts from diverse thinkers from every epoch of time. A real treat for anyone who believes that to grow we must always try out the ideas of others in our own mind. Think of it as daily mental yoga. A great gift for any age. I am handing them out like Gideon : )

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