Literature
What Does a Person Live On?
CevvelaLiterature
What Does a Person Live On?
Lev Tolstoy · İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları · 1885
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An angel (Michael) who was punished by God and sent to Earth, a collection of profound stories that recount how, by living among humans, he discovers the answers to the questions “What is in a human?” “What has not been given to a human?” and “By what does a human live?” through both suffering and love.
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“İnsanın kendi için neye ihtiyacı olduğunu bilme yetisi, ona verilmemiştir.”
“İnsan, sadece kendisi için kaygılandığında değil, başkaları için sevgi duyduğunda yaşar.”
“Her insanın içinde, ona rağmen var olan bir sevgi tohumu vardır.”
“Biz ömrümüzü planlarız ama kader, bizim için bambaşka bir şey hazırlar.”
“Gerçek bilgelik, ne kadar aciz olduğumuzu kabul etmekle başlar.”
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Tolstoy solves the existential equation of humanity in a peasant’s hut. It is a mirror of Cevvela’s naive yet profound soul. The book tells us that humans cannot live by their selfishness alone, and that the source of life is solely “love for others.” It proves that humans are so helpless they cannot foresee their future, yet within that helplessness lies a vast treasure: compassion. You come to understand how today’s selfish career goals and the greed for accumulation crumble into dust in the face of death. A person cannot sustain themselves; a person can breathe only through the compassion others have for them.