... an act of piety not poverty. It is considered essential for self-purification, as well as the development of an ethical, merciful and compassionate self. In the modern philosophical era, Leo Tolstoy an influential Russian writer and philosopher was an advocate of vegetarianism. "By killing man suppresses in himself, unnecessarily, the highest spiritual capacity-that of sympathy and pity towards living creatures ... like himself, and by violating his own feeling becomes so cruel (Tolstoy, quoted in 4)."" "A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he ea...

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... formed his idea of passive resistance to, and noncooperation with, the South African authorities. "Make waves, not war-2 He gained inspiration to be a passive resister from the writer Leo Tolstoy, Gandhi's greatest influence. Tolstoy left a profound influence and imprint on Gandhi as did the teachings of Jesus Christ and the nineteenth century writer Henry David Thoreau. Thoreau's essay "Civil Disobedience- was one Gandhi ... inadequate for his purpose. For that reason Gandhi coined the term Satyagraha, a Sanskrit word meaning truth and firmness. This word defined what Gandhi was workin...

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... formed his idea of passive resistance to, and noncooperation with, the South African authorities. "Make waves, not war"2 He gained inspiration to be a passive resister from the writer Leo Tolstoy, Gandhi's greatest influence. Tolstoy left a profound influence and imprint on Gandhi as did the teachings of Jesus Christ and the nineteenth century writer Henry David Thoreau. Thoreau's essay "Civil Disobedience" was one Gandhi ... inadequate for his purpose. For that reason Gandhi coined the term Satyagraha, a Sanskrit word meaning truth and firmness. This word defined what Gandhi was workin...

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... his arrival in South Africa (Brown 34). His Quaker friends in Pretoria failed to convert him to Christianity, but they quickened his appetite for religious studies. He was fascinated by Leo Tolstoy's writings on Christianity, read the Quran translation, and delved into Hindu scriptures and philosophy (Brown 54). The study of comparative religion, talks with scholars, and his own reading of theological ... where he and his friends could literally live by the sweat of their brow. Six years later another colony grew up under Gandhi's fostering care near Johannesburg; it was named Tolstoy F...

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