By the end of this class, you will:

  1. Be able to articulate Tolstoy’s reasons for contending
    • that the path of “rational knowledge” leads to the negation of life and meaning
    • that only through faith can we find meaning in life

(K3, K6, K7, K8, D1, B4)

Before the Plenary

Read This

PHILOSOPHICAL TEXT:

Interactive Essay: Leo Tolstoy, “My Confession”

Watch This (1:01:03-1:04:20 only)

Tolstoy’s “terrible vision of death,” revealed in his fictional works War and Peace and in his diary entries.

After the Plenary

In the PackBack forum for your Peer Group,

  • post 1 question about this week’s readings & topics
  • post replies to 2 questions posted by others