The way Leo Tolstoy's confession came to be was somewhat of a surprise. How he went through the Russian Orthodox Church and ended up not believing in everything they taught him was very shocking. It was kind of weird that he did that because when you are taught something for so long and you grew up knowing it and all of a sudden not believing any of it was a shock. Now I know that Vladimir Milyutin had a major influence on his conversion because he was the reason why he stopped believing in what the church had taught him. Vladimir even made Leo's brothers change their minds on what they believe in. The way he went about his life was strange because of what he was going through with his mental side and dealing with attempts for suicide.
His new philosophy was very interesting because he asks the question what is the meaning of life? and him or us not knowing the answer to the question was very interesting. I say this because a lot people will not speak of things they do not know the answer to and bravely speak of it was amazing. How he taught things he knew nothing about and taking a step to see if anyone would question his teaching is intriguing. After living abroad and coming back to work with peasants and change his ways of teaching was very challenging because he was always trying to teach the way he wanted but when working with the peasant children he taught the way they wanted to be taught.
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