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author: Tolstoytitle: How Much Land Does a Man Needpages: 20
He needs 1.8m squared to die in.
This is a moral book meant to teach us a lesson. It’s a lesson which we have all heard a million times: “greed is bad”. This simple lesson es special when told by Tolstoy in this book. He helps us understand why greed exists throughout the book in a truly visceral way. He helps understand that we too are running to our death as we chase more land. Chase something which cannot be owned: power, love, money, respect, land.