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Further consideration on “Tolstoy’s Choice”

Posted on July 16, 2012 by

Dear Philosophers, I’ve been thinking a lot about the “choice” presented by Tolstoy in My Confession. I am presently stuck with the position that there really is no answer that has especially strong justification. Here’s the puzzle for which I … Continue reading →

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Excerpt from “My Confession” by Leo Tolstoy

Posted on June 8, 2012 by

“A person could only live so long as he was drunk; but the moment he sobered up, he could not help seeing that all that was only a deception, and a stupid deception at that! Really there was nothing funny … Continue reading →

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