‘Life is a dream so live it before waking up’, what a line. I wish there was a recipe for happiness that fits all. Oh well! Very wise man Tolstoy was. Thank a bunch.
@Fiction_Beast2 жыл бұрын
Happiness doesnt last. I like to be content. Thank you!
@vidalskyociosen33262 жыл бұрын
@@Fiction_Beast Is it fair to say that the opposite of Tolstoy is Bukowski ?
@bellavia52 жыл бұрын
There is NO fixed recipe for happiness. "Some days you eat the bear and other days -well-the bear eats you". Accept this and life becomes easier.
@sharontheodore82162 жыл бұрын
@@bellavia5 I live with the verb 'accept'. It is very useful.
@bellavia52 жыл бұрын
@@sharontheodore8216 Whatever works for you.
@jovevski01 Жыл бұрын
I feel saddened by how weak our schooling systems are that no one tought or even guided us to these ideas. Thank you & all great philosopher's
@schnitzelfilmmaker1130 Жыл бұрын
This channel, along with the likes of Whatifalthist, Pilgrim’s Pass, Cosmic Skeptic (I’m a Christian, so are the two previous channels, so not here to promote atheism or anything - obviously agreement is not a prerequisite for appreciation) and probably a few others are a few of the channels presenting intellectually solid ideas. But as for what you said, look at the rest of the internet, it’s filled with massive bundles of ridiculousness, an unbelievable graveyard of stupidity which is getting close to driving me insane. I’m not even that smart or anything, I just spend a bit of time on the internet and am usually immediately left astounded by the sheer b.s. everyone is spouting out. Honestly it’s easier to believe that there’s some interests out there that prefer the masses to not give any thought to things. I’ve been complaining about the stupidity of the internet recently because it’s too compelling.
@wukong10663 ай бұрын
School is structured to creating followers and drones. Introducing progressive thinking tools is counter productive to their agenda
@maryann7619Ай бұрын
Frankly, American school teachers no nothing about these ideas. If they do and share them in a classroom, they would lose their jobs. Of course, there are exceptions. I would rather have a seed planted and the students explore on their own finding guidance in places like this site.
@suadmuradov1715 Жыл бұрын
“He had 13 children and 14 novels” I cried to this!
@HaiyanMa2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for making this wonderful video!! I just started my tolstoy reading journey. I have read 3 short stories up to now. His realistic portrait of ordinary human struggle and characters are direct to the heart. I can’t wait to read more and learn from Tolstoy on how to lead a meaningful life
@Fiction_Beast2 жыл бұрын
You are so welcome!
@sambitbhattacharya291111 ай бұрын
My father always tells that it's a big shame and failure Nobel Committee that they didn't award this gem a Nobel Prize for his literary work. But at the end, he is eternal who has become much bigger than just a Nobel prize.
@maryann7619Ай бұрын
The Nobel Prize for Literature was first awarded in 1901. The award cannot be awarded posthumously. Good call, though.
@suchitakrishnaprasad2812 жыл бұрын
How well written is this.. also well researched...
@bhupendubey6891 Жыл бұрын
Thank You . What a summary ….. simply fabulous and impactful .
@DH-oj2ru4 ай бұрын
Your channel deserves far more attention. You provide, for free, content that makes public education regarding literature and philosophy look like an absolute joke. Thanks for being someone that contributes something of actual value to society.
@maryann7619Ай бұрын
Hear. Hear!!
@TourchezArt11 ай бұрын
I feel like the educational system really failed us on the beauty of Russian literature
@rodrigocarvalho6426 Жыл бұрын
Life is a dream we need to wake up to
@BrandonsBookshelf2 жыл бұрын
This is. so so so good! Just found you and cant wait to go through the backlog, these are the kind of videos I want to be making!
@Fiction_Beast2 жыл бұрын
Yay! Thank you!
@surajporey14842 жыл бұрын
Excellent Video. Wonderful. Thanks for sharing these life lessons by Leo Tolstoy. Expecting a video on Mo Yan, heard about him a lot. Best wishes!
@Fiction_Beast2 жыл бұрын
Thanks. I got a few projects on my list. Mo Yan is a great writer, perhaps in a future video. I did include one of his novels in my top 10 chinese novels.
@colinellesmere2 жыл бұрын
What a fantastic educational video. Sir. You are doing excellent and valuable work.
@Fiction_Beast Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@justinsmith7008 ай бұрын
"It was evident that he had long been convinced that it was impossible for him to make a mistake, and that in his perception whatever he did was right, not because it harmonized with any idea of right and wrong but because he did it."
@raygreen59265 ай бұрын
Counter-intuitively, reality is all in the mind 😮
@cappy22822 жыл бұрын
Great vid my friend! I usually read for strictly entertainment purposes. ( I rarely pick up the deeper themes and life lessons inside the pages 😂.) So its a nice to see a deeper dive into these authors from much smarter men than myself 🙏
@dharmapalsharma2679 Жыл бұрын
Thrilling depths of Life, of Existence 🌺🌺🌺
@jonsnow590710 ай бұрын
You kinda spoiled Anna Karenina. Wish you would’ve put some kind of disclosure warning of spoilers. Otherwise good video
@victorhugocostaesousa4262 жыл бұрын
This channel is a dream! 😄😁 sad that we haven't something like this on Brazil >D
@Fiction_Beast2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I discussed a Brazilian novel by Machado de Assis. Search for it.
@ace99242 жыл бұрын
I read his short stories and they were amazing. My favorites were alyosha the pot and the three questions.
@TimPQF11 ай бұрын
Thank you for the video
@proudsikh-uj6rw Жыл бұрын
Great 👍 bro, may God bless you
@VickiNikolaidis2 жыл бұрын
Beautiful! Thank you.
@cappy22822 жыл бұрын
Tolstoy is my favorite
@Fiction_Beast2 жыл бұрын
He was great! What’s your favorite novel by him?
@cappy22822 жыл бұрын
@@Fiction_Beast War and Peace is my favorite book..so definitely that (number 2 is "the sound and the fury" by Faulkner) Anna and death of Ivan were also amazing but war and peace is perfect in my opinion
@Vividversatility Жыл бұрын
Exceptional....❤
@eyobzewdie93052 жыл бұрын
I thank you hundred times the Producer of this knowledgeable Program. It help me to cultivate the gem of Russian literature. Please and again Please keep the good job alive. Thank you again.
@Fiction_Beast2 жыл бұрын
You’re welcome.
@markspano34682 жыл бұрын
My favorite Russian is Chekhov. He was a short story writer and a playwright, not a novelist.
@Fiction_Beast2 жыл бұрын
I love Chekhov. Chekhovian gun is my favourite literary device :)
@Fiction_Beast2 жыл бұрын
By the way i saw a couple of your short videos on Sicily. Love your narration and I hope you did manage to make your documentary after all.
@vidalskyociosen33262 жыл бұрын
Many would say it's Putin, but I disagree, ask India it's still Putin.
@Rico-Suave_6 ай бұрын
Great video, thank you very much , note to self(nts) watched all of it 14:36
@kieronmccorquodale33 Жыл бұрын
He was so wise. I so wish we would learn from these men. Life is about serving others, how different the world would be, we certainly wouldnt be having a social care crisis ere in the UK. An embrace imperfection, how unhappy people everyone is aiming towards perfection, it dosnt exist. An fear of death, weve done it many times an the only thing that's guaranteed in life is death, yet us in the west terrified of it. We celebrate birth an dread death, it should really be the other way around. Think how different the world would be. I dont agree with what he says about India enslave itself, there a passive people due to there strong faith that forbids violence, where has us UK have always been war mongers. And life is a dream, like a dream depending on how you feel an what you think is what your life is, so be happy help others an rid yourself of all ego an need for success an perfection, if you genuinely want to be happy. Serve others an just watch how miraculously your life changes. It has been said the body is only there to serve others, a promise from the creator " Serve others an you'll be served yourself".
@sofia2921 Жыл бұрын
Does anyone know Fiction Beast’s qualifications?
@donaldkelly39832 жыл бұрын
Ban sex? As a writer, Tolstoy is one of my heroes. But his social philosophy might have it's heart in the right place, but it is a little unrealistic.
@Fiction_Beast2 жыл бұрын
he did channel his "crazy" creative energy into writing. who know why he might have done, if he weren't a writer.
@dmitrikonstantin6800 Жыл бұрын
koot > quote
@mustafakandan2103 Жыл бұрын
Tolstoy wrote the greatest novel of 19th century. Then he lost his way. In War and Peace it is obvious he is a moralist, but he retains a good balance with his aesthetic sense. Later on he lost this balance and turned himself into an insufferable moralist, with a strong dose of misogyny. He became the guru that inspired Mahatma Gandhi.
@_greenrunner_ Жыл бұрын
He went mad for he could not find the truth he sought, everywhere he looked there was conflict and it just broke the man. His theological essays are still fantastic and has made me religious again. It’s not so much that he lost his way, more that he just doubled down on what was already there.
@moshefabrikant12 жыл бұрын
3:35 5:24
@ograro Жыл бұрын
So what’s his philosophy? You talked about his biography and summary of his work, But what’s his philosophy?
@Fiction_Beast Жыл бұрын
8 life lessons
@KamalaN-lx7hg8 ай бұрын
👍👍👍👍🙏🙏🙏
@DPaulPa6 ай бұрын
The music is so very distracting.
@cajka78032 жыл бұрын
Chekhov understood faster. He was a European. The others sound turkish. Dosto.... There is a wall in the eyes of Tolstoj. He didn't want to see his spouse in his last days.
@Fiction_Beast2 жыл бұрын
Not sure what you mean.
@valdmertheii13542 жыл бұрын
"See you space cowboy, you're gonna carry that weight."
@Fiction_Beast2 жыл бұрын
Past is getting heavier and heavier as you age.
@tubalcain10395 ай бұрын
Tolstoy died before the 1917 revolution. This was lucky.
@paktrack Жыл бұрын
Most brainy people say that we are in a dream
@avdohodzic7759 ай бұрын
Lav Tolstoy was a Muslim and when his family learned about that they abandoned him !
@here_we_go_again25715 ай бұрын
He abandoned his wife and 14 children; after spending large sums of money on his favorite causes (Money that was much needed at home = 14 children!) *He made those children* *they were HIS* *responsibility*
@salehmortazavi944Ай бұрын
💜🧡💛❤️💙💚🤍🤎
@firet2745 Жыл бұрын
And last but not least, DON'T EAT ANIMALS. Tolstoy was against animal exploitation.
@gemal434 Жыл бұрын
im socialist unitili die 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
@xyzllii Жыл бұрын
Escaped his wife? Abandoned her and his children...having forced her into multiple births against her will.
@ettome Жыл бұрын
?
@xyzllii Жыл бұрын
@@ettome His cruelty to her is well documented.
@ettome Жыл бұрын
@@xyzllii?
@here_we_go_again25715 ай бұрын
Exactly!
@here_we_go_again25715 ай бұрын
@@ettome Tolstoy was very abusive to his wife. When they were first married he insisted that she read all of his diaries of his adventures during his time as a soldier at whore houses. He insisted that she be prepared to act out those things (she was a very young virgin!) They had 14 children and then he abandoned the children and his wife.
@AbsolutelyNOW Жыл бұрын
Great video as always
@dharmapalsharma2679 Жыл бұрын
Really Life worth living with the Leo Tolstoy multi- Milestones 🔥🌺🙏⛎🛐♋️🕎✝️☪️✡️☯️☸️🕉️🙏🌺🔥 It’s all as Divinely Ordained 🌺🌺🌺
@Invest4Cash-Flow Жыл бұрын
Today the western Nazis don’t allow Russian literature…. Sad , like in NAZI time …😢❤❤❤
@geraldmeehan89422 жыл бұрын
I majored in sociology like Tolstoy. Maybe I'll write world's greatest novel too? No, but at least I have the peasant clothing part down!
@Fiction_Beast2 жыл бұрын
tolstoy also made his own shoes. you're halfway there.
@geraldmeehan89422 жыл бұрын
@@Fiction_Beast Shoe goo is the closest I've gotten, lol
@Fiction_Beast2 жыл бұрын
Or walk barefoot 😃
@geraldmeehan89422 жыл бұрын
@@Fiction_Beast That's more the granddaughter's thing I'm sort of a tenderfoot
@San-li9mlКүн бұрын
"Genius" Strange words for a man who almost bankrupted his family.