Category: Russian Literature

Tolstoy's interpretation of money and property

Stanoyevich, Milivoy S. (Milivoy Stoyan), 1882-1973· 2 chapters· 6,817 words

Assuming that our society may exist without positive laws it could also exist without money. The Russian reformer, Leo N. Tolstoy, is consistent with his doctrine of social reform[1]. According to him enacted law is violence, private property is evil, and subsequently “money a...

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1. Part 1

Assuming that our society may exist without positive laws it could also exist without money. The Russian reformer, Leo N. Tolstoy, is consistent with his doctrine of social refo...

2. Part 2

When two Greek law-givers, Lycurgus and Solon, imposed their laws upon the Greek nation, they both had the same purpose--to establish the equal right of all men to the use of la...