\u201cTolstoj, a cry and its answers\u201d, presented from August 24th-30th at the Meeting Fairground in pavilion A5, is an exhibit born of the desire to present the writer and philosopher Tolstoj, to converse with him, to understand the reality of a controversial human outlook. The exhibit has been presented today at the Meeting, at Eni Caff\u00e8 Letterario A3 by Valentina Alekseeva, Curator of the Tolstoj Museum of Moscow and by Giovanna Parravicini, of the Christian Russia Foundation. Francesco Braschi, Doctor of the Ambrosian Library, introduced the conference.
\nValentina Alekseeva, after thanking the exhibit curators for their contribution, reminded that \u201ca hundred years after his death, the world needs to bring alive the problems of the Russian writer, as the purpose of his thought is to open questions to us, not to give final answers.\u201d The chairman emphasized that the exhibit was possible thanks to the collaboration of many high school students. The most relevant material will be represented at the Russia Christian Annual Conference planned for November in Milan.
\nGiovanna Parravicini, during her speech, proposed a comparison between the theme of the Meeting and the message of Tolstoj: \u201cThe ends of the Earth are not only places, but also persons.\u201d \u201cAll of us \u2013 explained the speaker \u2013 are far from ourselves, but we have an infallible instrument, the heart, capable of recognizing the mystery.\u201d Tolstoj affirmed \u201cso that a man can live, he has to have an explanation for the meaning of life, so that the finite is equaled by the infinite.\u201d In that sense, the exhibit wants to establish a dialogue between the heart of the visitor and the philosopher, just as his works were a living dialogue with his contemporaries.
\nIn Tolstoj appears the drama of modern man: a son of rationalism who is incapable of bending his knees and accepting Christ\u2019s calling, in spite of perceiving the inexplicable mystery of life. That is why the Russian writer can be compared with Leopardi for his existential questions and for some impressive claims.
\n\u201cHis great appeal among his contemporaries,\u201d concluded Parravicini \u201cis explained his ability to explore the extremes of human experience and to raise the question: What does man live for? Characters are not divided to good and bad, but to alive and dead, like persons made alive by a more profound Presence. Tolstoj, \u201cthe great heretic\u201d, through his dramatic testimony of his inner struggles, has inspired many conversions around the world among people who have met Christ through him and his works.<\/p>\n
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\u201cTolstoj, a cry and its answers\u201d, presented from August 24th-30th at the Meeting Fairground in pavilion A5, is an exhibit born of the desire to present the writer and philosopher … <\/p>\n