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War and Peace Epilogue-Part 2 | Chapter 12
And now.... It really is finished.
 • Shari Dragovich
War and Peace Epilogue-Part 2 | Chapter 11
Tolstoy connects freewill & inevitability to history and now I am confused again.
 • Shari Dragovich
War and Peace Epilogue-Part 2 | Chapter 10
Thus our conception of freewill and inevitability gradually diminishes or increases according to the greater or lesser connection with the external…
 • Shari Dragovich
War and Peace Epilogue Part 2 | Chapter 9
The question of man's freewill depends on how near or far sighted you are
 • Shari Dragovich
War and Peace Epilogue-Part 2 | Chapter 8
Tolstoy takes on freewill and offers his own dissertation on "timshel"
 • Shari Dragovich
War and Peace Epilogue-Part 2 | Chapter 7
In which I offer my own hillbilly boat analogy of Tolstoy's magnificent ship analogy
 • Shari Dragovich
War and Peace | Final Episode
Welcome to the final episode of R&W’s 2025 year-long read of War and Peace. It really is hard to believe it’s over (Except, if you’re Shari, it’s not…
 • Shari Dragovich and Rhea Forney
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