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I struggle to separate the man from the ideals, when it comes to political and economic matters. The fact that Tolstoy was a (no disrespect meant, but I'll use
by crtified 3y ago
I struggle to separate the man from the ideals, when it comes to political and economic matters.
The fact that Tolstoy was a (no disrespect meant, but I'll use the modern term: ) 'nepo baby', born and raised into nobility on his own estate with all the trappings, and then in turn begat his own large brood of noble-born nepo babies (who by-the-way were paid a special allowance by their government in order to maintain the family estate, following Leo's passing - quite the opposite of the elsewhere-mentioned Land Value Tax, then), is somehow a sad indictment of the way humanity trumpets it's hard won wisdom either during, or after, doing the opposite themselves.
That said, he was also a very good writer, and an intelligent and accomplished person in many ways.
- mediumsmart 3y agoYou are not alone. A lot people struggle with this. Truth is the person is irrelevant, what matters is what they wrote or said or did. If Putin writes something intelligent and Churchill wrote something stupid that’s all you have. A stupid text and an intelligent text. No need to get excited. That way you can also endure both kinds of texts originating from a single person without being disappointed. And no worries, once you can detach the work from the creator you are qualified to judge the work. Automatically. :)
- soundarana 3y agoThey say Buddah was the son of a king.