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Tolstoy, Universal values, the Human condition
By Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey
“It is horrible!
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The first element of moral life is abstinence.” ~ Tolstoy
The words of Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910), speaking of his conversion to Vegetarianism and words for reflection this Christmas Season, which is an example of goodwill for all, whether or not they are Christians and whether or not they decide to celebrate Christmas.
Eternal and universal values
In Tolstoy’s words we find, a century later, the same eternal and universal values celebrated by Humankind since the days of the Australopithecus, Lucy, hailed as the first Human Being, our (symbolic) common ancestor, who was unquestionably also a Vegetarian.
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