Tolstoyanism
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Tolstoyanism is a Christian anarchist and pacifist philosophical movement based on Leo Tolstoy’s teachings about nonviolence, simple living, and moral perfection.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tolstoyan movement | 6 |
| Tolstoyanism canonical | 4 |
| Leo Tolstoy movement (Tolstoyans) | 1 |
| Tolstoyan Christianity | 1 |
| Tolstoyan circle | 1 |
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Target entity: Tolstoyanism Context triple: [Leo Tolstoy, movement, Tolstoyanism]
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Transcendentalism
Transcendentalism is a 19th-century American philosophical and literary movement that emphasized individual intuition, spiritual insight, and the inherent goodness of people and nature in opposition to materialism and institutional authority.
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Maoism
Maoism is a variant of communist ideology developed from Marxism–Leninism that emphasizes peasant-led revolution, protracted people’s war, and continuous class struggle under a vanguard party.
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Stoicism
Stoicism is an ancient Greek and Roman philosophical school that teaches cultivating virtue, rationality, and inner resilience to achieve tranquility amid life's hardships.
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Marxism–Leninism
Marxism–Leninism is a communist ideological framework that synthesizes Karl Marx’s and Vladimir Lenin’s theories into a doctrine of one-party rule, state control of the economy, and revolutionary vanguard leadership, most prominently associated with the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin.
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Utilitarianism
Utilitarianism is a foundational work of moral philosophy that systematically defends the view that actions are right insofar as they promote the greatest happiness for the greatest number.
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Target entity: Tolstoyanism Target entity description: Tolstoyanism is a Christian anarchist and pacifist philosophical movement based on Leo Tolstoy’s teachings about nonviolence, simple living, and moral perfection.
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A.
Transcendentalism
Transcendentalism is a 19th-century American philosophical and literary movement that emphasized individual intuition, spiritual insight, and the inherent goodness of people and nature in opposition to materialism and institutional authority.
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B.
Maoism
Maoism is a variant of communist ideology developed from Marxism–Leninism that emphasizes peasant-led revolution, protracted people’s war, and continuous class struggle under a vanguard party.
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C.
Stoicism
Stoicism is an ancient Greek and Roman philosophical school that teaches cultivating virtue, rationality, and inner resilience to achieve tranquility amid life's hardships.
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D.
Marxism–Leninism
Marxism–Leninism is a communist ideological framework that synthesizes Karl Marx’s and Vladimir Lenin’s theories into a doctrine of one-party rule, state control of the economy, and revolutionary vanguard leadership, most prominently associated with the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin.
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Utilitarianism
Utilitarianism is a foundational work of moral philosophy that systematically defends the view that actions are right insofar as they promote the greatest happiness for the greatest number.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Christian anarchist movement
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Christian pacifist philosophy ⓘ pacifist movement ⓘ religious philosophical movement ⓘ |
| advocates |
agrarian lifestyle
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chastity or sexual restraint ⓘ communal living ⓘ manual labor ⓘ non-participation in government ⓘ non-payment of taxes used for war ⓘ sobriety ⓘ vegetarianism ⓘ |
| basedOn | teachings of Leo Tolstoy ⓘ |
| corePrinciple |
Christian anarchism
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moral perfectionism ⓘ nonviolence ⓘ pacifism ⓘ simple living ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
ethical perfection
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literal interpretation of the Sermon on the Mount ⓘ love for all people ⓘ nonresistance to evil ⓘ rejection of institutional churches ⓘ rejection of state authority ⓘ rejection of violence ⓘ rejection of war ⓘ teachings of Jesus ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Leo Tolstoy ⓘ |
| goal | realization of the Kingdom of God on earth through love and nonviolence ⓘ |
| hasKeyText |
The Kingdom of God Is Within You
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The Law of Love and the Law of Violence ⓘ What I Believe ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | late 19th century ⓘ |
| influenced |
Christian anarchism
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Mahatma Gandhi ⓘ modern pacifist movements ⓘ nonviolent resistance theories ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Gospels
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surface form:
Christian Gospels
Sermon on the Mount ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Leo Tolstoy ⓘ |
| opposes |
capital punishment
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military service ⓘ private property in land ⓘ social inequality ⓘ |
| originatedIn | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Quaker pacifism
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nonresistance Christianity ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Christianity ⓘ |
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