The Kingdom of God Is Within You

Kingdom of God is within you,
by Leo Tolstoy

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Title: The Kingdom of God is within you
Author: Leo Tolstoy
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"THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS WITHIN YOU" CHRISTIANITY
NOT AS A MYSTIC RELIGION BUT AS A NEW THEORY OF
LIFE
TRANSLATED FROM THE RUSSIAN OF COUNT LEO TOLSTOI
BY CONSTANCE GARNETT New York, 1894

TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE.
The book I have had the privilege of translating is, undoubtedly, one of
the most remarkable studies of the social and psychological condition
of the modern world which has appeared in Europe for many years, and
its influence is sure to be lasting and far reaching. Tolstoi's genius is
beyond dispute. The verdict of the civilized world has pronounced him
as perhaps the greatest novelist of our generation. But the philosophical
and religious works of his later years have met with a somewhat
indifferent reception. They have been much talked about, simply
because they were his work, but, as Tolstoi himself complains, they
have never been seriously discussed. I hardly think that he will have to
repeat the complaint in regard to the present volume. One may disagree
with his views, but no one can seriously deny the originality, boldness,
and depth of the social conception which he develops with such
powerful logic. The novelist has shown in this book the religious fervor
and spiritual insight of the prophet; yet one is pleased to recognize that
the artist is not wholly lost in the thinker. The subtle intuitive
perception of the psychological basis of the social position, the analysis
of the frame of mind of oppressors and oppressed, and of the
intoxication of Authority and Servility, as well as the purely descriptive
passages in the last chapter--these could only have come from the
author of "War and Peace."

The book will surely give all classes of readers much to think of, and
must call forth much criticism. It must be refuted by those who
disapprove of its teaching, if they do not want it to have great
influence.
One cannot of course anticipate that English people, slow as they are to
be influenced by ideas, and instinctively distrustful of all that is logical,
will take a leap in the dark and attempt to put Tolstoi's theory of life
into practice. But one may at least be sure