Tolstoy’s Moral Lesson

The Philosophy of the Three Hermits

Odilon Redon, Guardian Spirit of the Waters, 1878 (Public Domain. source: Wikipedia)

Most people know Leo Tolstoy through his epic novels Anna Karenina and War and Peace. Both are masterpieces of fiction. They are long, supremely detailed and full of understanding of human passions and follies.

But in the 1870s, having published these novels and achieving enormous fame, Tolstoy had a spiritual awakening. He renounced his…