Confession. On Life

«Confession. On Life» — a religious-philosophical prose about the painful search for the meaning of human existence in the face of the fear of death and inner emptiness. This edition combines two works in which Leo Tolstoy addresses not a fictional plot, but personal experience of spiritual crisis and reflections on what can provide a moral foundation for a person. It is not a novel in the conventional sense, but an honest and intense exploration of faith, reason, conscience, and the dissatisfaction that can arise even amidst external well-being. In «Confession», the author systematically examines the loss of former beliefs, attempts to find meaning in knowledge, work, and success, and the confrontation with the feeling of meaninglessness. «On Life» continues the same circle of questions as a philosophical treatise, where the main focus is on the true life of a person, the attitude towards death, and the striving for the highest good.