{"product_id":"the-law-of-love-and-the-law-of-violence-9780486475943","title":"The Law of Love and the Law of Violence","description":"An examination of the conflicts within and among nations, this treatise proposes a remedy based on true Christian doctrine: recognition of love as the supreme law of life. Written just before World War I, it articulates Tolstoy's famous dictum that it is morally superior to suffer violence than to do violence--a philosophy that has inspired Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., and countless others. \u003cbr\u003eFamed for such popular novels as \u003ci\u003eWar and Peace \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Anna Karenina, \u003c\/i\u003e Tolstoy experienced a religious crisis at the age of fifty. Thenceforth he devoted himself to promoting the transformation of society, writing stories, essays, and books advocating the pursuit of an inner moral revolution. In the preface to this work, Tolstoy declares, \"The only reason why I am writing this is because, knowing the one means of salvation for Christian humanity, from its physical corruption as well as from the moral corruption in which it is sunk, I, who am on the edge of the grave, cannot be silent.\" A century later, Tolstoy's powerful plea for nonviolence continues to resonate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dover Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/20\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780486475943\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.20w x 0.40d","brand":"Leo Tolstoy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36637852991644,"sku":"9780486475943","price":6.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_a3d8e421-a9fd-4941-9f38-3ba8e198f392.jpg?v=1603845846","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-law-of-love-and-the-law-of-violence-9780486475943","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}