![]() ![]() In 1855 he left the army and in the late 1850’s, he became committed to an ascetic, non-violent political program. Initially a bad student (although later learning over a dozen languages and becoming a famous writer), he left University early and spent time living the heavy gambling life before joining the army in 1851 (first in Caucasus and then fighting in the Crimean War), about the time he began writing. He was born into a notable, noble family, but his parents died when he was young, and he was raised by relatives (along with his four siblings). ![]() The Russian Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828-1910) is primarily known as a writer of novels, stories, plays, and essays, although forged important theoretical paths in ethics (theoretically anarchist, socially pacifist), aesthetics, educational reform, and religious interpretation. Stephen David Ross (New York: State University of New York Press, 1994), pp.178-81. Collected in Art and its Significance: An Anthology of Aesthetic Theory, third edition, ed. ![]()
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