A Confession
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A Confession is a philosophical and spiritual autobiographical work by Leo Tolstoy in which he recounts his existential crisis and search for the meaning of life.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
autobiographical book
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philosophical work → spiritual autobiography → |
| author |
Leo Tolstoy
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| countryOfOrigin |
Russian Empire
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| describes |
Tolstoy's engagement with peasant faith
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Tolstoy's loss of faith → Tolstoy's moral crisis → Tolstoy's rejection of aristocratic lifestyle → Tolstoy's turn toward simple living → |
| genre |
autobiography
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philosophical literature → religious literature → |
| hasForm |
prose
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| hasSubject |
death
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happiness → immortality → morality → |
| influenced |
Christian pacifist movements
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Tolstoyan movement → religious thought of Leo Tolstoy → |
| influencedBy |
Christianity
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Russian Orthodox tradition → philosophical skepticism → |
| literaryPeriod |
late 19th century literature
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| mainCharacter |
Leo Tolstoy
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| mainTheme |
existential crisis
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faith and doubt → search for the meaning of life → spiritual awakening → suicidal thoughts → |
| movement |
Christian existentialism
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Russian religious philosophy → |
| narrativePerspective |
first-person
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| originalLanguage |
Russian
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| philosophicalQuestion |
How should one live?
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Is life worth living? → What is the meaning of life? → |
| publicationStatus |
first published in Russian
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| relatedWorkByAuthor |
My Religion
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The Kingdom of God Is Within You → What I Believe → |
| religiousAspect |
critique of institutional church
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emphasis on personal faith → interpretation of the Gospels → |
| setting |
Tolstoy's inner life
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| tone |
confessional
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introspective → philosophical → |
| workType |
non-fiction
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Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Leo Tolstoy
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