These points are all expressed repeatedly in all Emerson's utterances and
mark him as one of the most illumined philosophers, as he was one of the
greatest intellects of the last century, or of any other century.
LEO TOLSTOI: RUSSIAN PHILOSOPHER
A strange, lonely and wonderful figure was Tolstoi, novelist, philosopher,
socialist, artist and reformer.
Great souls are always lonely souls, estimated by sense-conscious humans.
In the midst of the so-called pleasures and luxuries of the senses, a wise
soul appears as barren of comfort as is a desert of foliage.
Without the divine optimism that comes from soul-consciousness, such a one
could not endure the life of the body: without the absolute assurance that
comes with cosmic consciousness, men like the late Count Tolstoi must needs
die of soul-loneliness.
From early childhood up to the time of his Illumination Tolstoi indulged in
seriousness of thought. Like Mohammed, great and overpowering desire to
fathom the mystery of death took possession of him.
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