The law of violence and the law of love

Author's name: Leo Tolstoy Publisher: Afaq for Publishing and Distribution Publication year: 2026 About the book: Between the lines of this book, the voice of Leo Tolstoy ignites in a moment of his most clarity and rebellion. Here, the great novelist does not speak about his immortal characters in "War and Peace" or "Anna Karenina," but about the human struggle with himself and with the world, between the law of violence that rules history, and the law of love that alone gives life its meaning. These pages are not just philosophical essays, but cries of a believing heart in humanity, written by Tolstoy while on the verge of the grave, facing authority, the church, and society with the same courage he faced European kings and their armies. He sees that human salvation does not come from revolutions or tyrants, but from a simple faith in love as a resistance force against all injustice. In these selections, Tolstoy confronts the depths of evil lurking in the ideas of the state, war, blind obedience, and calls for a peaceful spiritual revolution against all forms of oppression. It is a call to wake up from the myth of violence, and to believe that love is not weakness but the highest law of existence. A book that reminds us that the voice of conscience, no matter how faint it seems amidst the noise of cannons, is the only one capable of saving the world.