3 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
Leo Tolstoy's 1878 novel interweaving the tragic story of Anna Karenina (adultery, social condemnation, suicide) with Levin's spiritual journey toward authentic meaning — widely considered one of the greatest novels ever written; opens with the Anna Karenina Principle.
Leo Tolstoy's 1886 novella about a high-court judge who, facing terminal illness, confronts the emptiness of his conventional life — widely considered the greatest literary meditation on death and authenticity in Western literature.
Leo Tolstoy's 1869 epic novel following five Russian aristocratic families through the Napoleonic Wars — widely considered one of the greatest novels ever written — notable for its scale, psychological depth, philosophical meditations on history, and the argument that great historical events are not driven by great men but by countless small acts.