L. N. Tolstoy's ideas about "Life dynamics" and their similarity with the ideas of western philosophers of the XXth century
The author of the article examines L. N. Tolstoy's ideas and their similarity with the ideas of the greatest philosophers of the XXth century, such as: O. Spengler, M. Scheler, P.T. de Chardin, M. Buber, J. Maritain about life, its essence and dynamics. The similarities can be observed in the following two ideas of Tolstoy: about man's role in the Cosmos existence and in the life direction of mankind as a whole and its separate groups as well. The life movement is rhythmic and is realized in the processes of compression-expansion of social boundaries.