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Leo Tolstoy

Cited in 2 segments across 2 recordings · 2020 to 2021 · person/person:leo-tolstoy

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9 Feb 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Why does every spiritual awakening story have a time of withdrawal? Mufti Abu Layth agrees that the ascetic phase in awakening stories is an archetype, like Tolstoy's two plots. Question from live chatposition checkedMusa (Moses)Isa (Jesus)the BuddhaLeo Tolstoy machine1 min 20 s2:04:12on YouTube
11 Dec 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Why does the Quran give so little detail about some prophets? The guest says the brief, repeated stories are archetypes recalled to console the Prophet, which audiences already knew; Mufti Abu Layth argues that following an archetype does not show a story was invented. Discussionguest speechDr Javad T. Hashmi (guest)Yahya (John)Yusuf (Joseph)Musa (Moses) machine7 min 25 s2:25:43on YouTube