"Life has four stages: the first animal, the infant; the second imitation, listening to the urge to "do what everyone else does", childhood; the third step, youth, is for worldly glory; the fourth, for the soul, for God, the true life. All four remain for life. The second, tradition, inertia, hypnosis, do what everyone else is doing, is the main engine of 99% of human activity in the family, social skills, state and religion.
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Leo TolstoyAll Translations
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Life has four stages: the first animal, the infant; the second imitation, listening to the urge to "do what everyone else does", childhood; the third step, youth, is for worldly glory; the fourth, for the soul, for God, the true life. All four remain for life. The second, tradition, inertia, hypnosis, do what everyone else is doing, is the main engine of 99% of human activity in the family, social skills, state and religion.
""Viața are patru trepte: prima animalica, pruncia; a doua imitația, ascultarea de îndemnul „fa ce fac toți ceilalți“, copilăria; a treia treapta, tinerețea, e pentru gloria lumească; a patra, pentru suflet, pentru Dumnezeu, adevărata viață. Toate patru rămân întreaga viața. A doua, tradiția, inerția, hipnoza, fă ce fac toți ceilalți, este motorul principal a 99% din activitatea omenească în familie, din deprinderile sociale, din cadrul statului și religiei."