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Ideas of Leo Tolstoy, by Text
[Russian, 1828 - 1910, Born at Yasnaya Polyana, where he ran family estate. Military service as a young man. Novelist. Died at Astapovo Station.]
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p.206
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People estimate art according to their moral values
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Ch.16
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p.231
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The purpose of art is to help mankind to evolve better, more socially beneficial feelings
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Ch.17
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p.251
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8124
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The highest feelings of mankind can only be transmitted by art
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Ch.17
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p.257
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8125
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The upper classes put beauty first, and thus freed themselves from morality
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Ch.3
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p.91
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We separate the concept of beauty from goodness, unlike the ancients
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Ch.5
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p.123
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Art is when one man uses external signs to hand on his feelings to another man
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Ch.9
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p.149
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True works of art transmit completely new feelings
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