A Talk Among Leisured People/Walk in the Light While There is Light

A Talk Among Leisured People is subtitled, 'An Introduction to the Story that Follows'

That's great. Stories introducing stories. A Talk Among Leisured People is a 3 page Blah. Everyone at the dinner table realizes that they have failed as Christians. The End.

But a talk is an interesting prelude to Walk in the Light. It provides a justification for going back in history.

Walk in the Light is astory about the Early Christian Church. (Or how Tolstoy revises early church history)
He shows how a community of people are able to make the world a better place by doing things like, for starters renouncing property. I think Tolstoy is absolutely right about this. And what really impresses me is how Tolstoy is able to experiment with different ethical and philosophical positions.

Having said that, I would like to address a few comments towards my roommate Curtis:

Yes, I spend a lot of money on the little Frappucino's but it really isn't just about the $$$ and I think you know that. I mean the whole point is that like you pay for the convenience. That you can be in your fifth hour of grading GRE's and you can just grab a Frap, and it totally revives you. But you don't want to have to worry about like, what if Curtis drinks the last one.

Anyway, the bulk of Walk in the Light is this kind of contrast beteween those who believe property is absolutely necessary to life, as in it couldn't be any other way, and those who believe that property can be renounced. I find this to be compelling fiction, though I know it is a violation of some kind of rule in fiction.

Maybe, I have a weakness for this kind of dialouge because I started in philosophy. I feel like Tolstoy is doing something which rivals Plato’s dialogues.

That's all for now. I am going to go have a Frappuciuno. If any are left.