The reflection and transformation of philosophical ideas in the fiction and essays by Leo Tolstoy and in his life is demontrated in the discussion of the doctrine of non-resistance to evil by force. The spiritual growth of a person is not only a philosophical idea, but also a life plan and «life-teaching» of Leo Tolstoy presented in the works A Confession, The Gospel in Brief, My Religion, On Life, The Law of Love and the Law of Violence and in the novels War and Peace, Anna Karenina and Resurrection.
Keywords
L.N. Tolstoy; non-resistance to evil by force; religious and philosophical doctrine; Tolstoyan movement; Christianity; anarchism.
