Leo Nikolaevich
Leo Nikolaevich
answer contained definition establish gives laws men obedience organized power question
In this definition is contained the answer to the question as to what gives men the power to establish laws. What gives them the power to establish laws is the same thing which secures obedience to them - organized violence.
higher judge life reason supreme
If there is no higher reason--and there is none--then my own reason must be the supreme judge of my life
boundaries cannot destroyed government national people unity
I know that my unity with all people cannot be destroyed by national boundaries and government orders.
activity art best feelings highest human men others purpose
Art is a human activity having for its purpose the transmission to others of the highest and best feelings to which men have risen.
answer carry everyday except gives life usual
There was no answer except the usual answer life gives to the most complicated and insoluble questions. This answer is: carry on with your everyday affairs, that is to say, put it out of your mind.
ivan life therefore
Ivan Ilyich's life was most simple, and most ordinary, and therefore most terrible.
becomes everybody life reveals unknown
The more everybody lives, the more life reveals to him; what was unknown becomes known.
care love people reason
And all people live, not by reason of any care they have for themselves,but by the love for them that is in other people.
catch directions gain happiness means oneself spider throw web
The means to gain happiness is to throw out from oneself like a spider in all directions an adhesive web of love, and to catch in it all that comes