
Ep 61 - How Much Land Does A Man Need? (Tolstoy)
Hardcore Literature
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Tolstoy's War and Peace
Pachom learns from a merchant who was facing bankruptcy that there is a seemingly magical land the land of the bashkiers where he had bought some 13 000 acres for a mere thousand rubles. Pachom thinks why am i paying for what I have here when I can get all of that how much land does a man need? It's avarice it's about want and so he ups and leaves and travels to this utopia, keep in mind that the word utopia from the greek literally means no place yes Oscar Wilde said that a map that does not feature utopia is not even worth glancing at but Robert Browning would say that a man's reach should exceed
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