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Philosophers advance ideas they believe will alleviate various forms of malcontent endemic to earthware. Heartseekers desire not alleviation, but to be lifted clear of dis-ease … and have innate certainty that ideas are alien to such condition.
The case of Leo Tolstoy is instructive. A loving wife and family, considerable creative satisfaction, fame, money, left him short of the contentment he craved. He turned to philosophy, but this could not provide what he sought. Finally he fashioned for himself a faith that brought him peace. We have here a fine, powerful intellect finding sterility in philosophy.