The constant and changing opinion in D. S. Merezhkovsky views on L. N. Tolstoy's spiritual quests

Abstract

The article deals with the evolution of views of D. S. Merezhkovsky on the spiritual heritage of L. N. Tolstoy on the background of current research on the subject. The author shows that D. S. Merezhkovsky does not change his belief that L. N. Tolstoy's views are full of contradictions all the time. While analysing the development of D. S. Merezhkovsky's opinions about the spiritual quest of L. N. Tolstoy the author claims that Merezhkovsky's position as a philosopher does not change but that the historical context changes in which his position is expressed.

Keywords

• Russian literature
• L. N. Tolstoy
• D. S. Merezhkovsky
• spiritual quests
• the evolution estimates
• the contradictions in the views