3125806A Confessionhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/a-confession-1230000255152/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2302283/0e4dc3a2-3d2f-46f8-9c92-e7e0fdc6718a.jpg?v=6383837898543300004141MXNTrue NorthInStock/Ebooks/<p>A Confession is a short work on the subject of melancholia, philosophy and religion by the acclaimed Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy. It was written in 1879 to 1880, when Tolstoy was of late-middle age. The book is a brief autobiographical story of the authors struggle with a mid-life existential crisis. It describes his search for the answer to the ultimate philosophical question: "If God does not exist, since death is inevitable, what is the meaning of life?." Without the answer to this, for him, life had become "impossible". The story begins with the Eastern fable of the dragon in the well. A man is chased by a beast into a well, at the bottom of which is a dragon. The man clings to a branch that is being gnawed on by two mice (one black, one white, representing night and day and the relentless march of time). The man is able to lick two drops of honey (representing Tolstoys love of his family and his writing), but because death is inevitable, he no longer finds the honey sweet. Tolstoy goes on to describe four possible attitudes towards this dilemma. The first is ignorance. If one is oblivious to the fact that death is approaching, life becomes bearable</p>...3061907A Confession4141https://www.gandhi.com.mx/a-confession-1230000255152/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/2302283/0e4dc3a2-3d2f-46f8-9c92-e7e0fdc6718a.jpg?v=638383789854330000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20141230000255152_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_<p>A Confession is a short work on the subject of melancholia, philosophy and religion by the acclaimed Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy. It was written in 1879 to 1880, when Tolstoy was of late-middle age. The book is a brief autobiographical story of the authors struggle with a mid-life existential crisis. It describes his search for the answer to the ultimate philosophical question: If God does not exist, since death is inevitable, what is the meaning of life?. Without the answer to this, for him, life had become impossible. The story begins with the Eastern fable of the dragon in the well. A man is chased by a beast into a well, at the bottom of which is a dragon. The man clings to a branch that is being gnawed on by two mice (one black, one white, representing night and day and the relentless march of time). The man is able to lick two drops of honey (representing Tolstoys love of his family and his writing), but because death is inevitable, he no longer finds the honey sweet. Tolstoy goes on to describe four possible attitudes towards this dilemma. The first is ignorance. If one is oblivious to the fact that death is approaching, life becomes bearable</p>1230000255152_True Northlibro_electonico_f8da7d23-f9fe-3aad-8f8c-7f6bedff6c5b_1230000255152;1230000255152_1230000255152Leo TolstoyInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/e8724709-7779-433a-9666-9ed190a4b413-epub-c9f6ce2c-0698-48a2-b817-74bee8931f95.epub2014-07-25T00:00:00+00:00True North