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Can one really separate Tolstoy's ideology from his philosophy? I'd say the former defined the latter.
by jojobas 6y ago
Can one really separate Tolstoy's ideology from his philosophy?
I'd say the former defined the latter.
- ericmcer 6y agoThat is something I struggle with in politics today. Philosophy is boring and tedious, it has no hard answers, but how can it be so thoroughly divorced from politics? Two people with differing social philosophies will never agree on something like immigration. It is also hard to pin down what the underpinning philosophies of our political parties are.
- jojobas 6y agoModern politicians don't encumber themselves with philosophy; resolve is way more important than wisdom. Modern philosophers don't encumber themselves with applicable policy either.
- sebmellen 6y agoIf only the fabled philosopher king would arise again. Maybe that's you!
- smogcutter 6y agoWorth noting that that’s a fairly recent development. Whether for good or ill though I really can’t say.
- nathias 6y agoIt's really hard to distinguish between ideology and philosophy, if you're just excluding philosophy and calling ideology philosophy. Most people don't have a philosophy, they barely have a worldview.
- jaza 6y agoHe wrote War and Peace several decades before he came out with his ideology, and before he accordingly altered his lifestyle. But then again, his philosophy later evolved to significantly encompass his ideology. So can one separate Tolstoy's ideology from his early philosophy? Sure. But his later philosophy? Perhaps not. They're two distinct beasts.