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Finished reading WAR AND PEACE. Now I don't believe in free will anymore

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Naomi K
Jan 17, 2017
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I remembered that War and Peace was a vigorous assault on the "Great Man" theory of history: the idea that Napoleon (and other such important historical figures) had, through his inherent genius, altered the course of history and directed the fate of nations.

What I'd forgotten was that the last section of the book is also a vigorous assault on the idea …

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