Maurice Maeterlinck vs. Leo Tolstoy
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Maurice Maeterlinck
1862 – 1949
Literature
Belgium
Symbolism
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"The future is a world limited by ourselves; in it we discover only what concerns us and, sometimes, by chance, what interests those whom we love the most."
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Leo Tolstoy
1828 – 1910
Literature
Russian Empire
literary realism
Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, usually referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential authors of all time.
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"Aesthetic theories arose one hundred fifty years ago among the wealthy classes of the Christian European world. ...And notwithstanding its obvious insolidity, n…"
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