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The strange thing that happened to Tolstoy was that he was overcome with perplexity and an arrest of life. He said it was if he didn't know how to live or what to do. Eventually they went away but then those moments came back oftener and oftener. The arrests of life always appeared in the question: Why? Well, and Then.
I think that the perplexity Tolstoy is evoking in the phrase, "Why? Well, and Then?" deals with his thoughts about life and death. The why part deals why he should do anything in life. He talks about his son's education and why he should be involved with it. If he can't think of why he should be involved with it he cannot be a part of it. I think the well has to do with when he finally figures out why he is doing something he needs to find the best way to do it. The then is when Tolstoy does something; he needs to know what is going to happen when he is done. Tolstoy says without answering these questions he could not live.
Tolstoy feels like someone has......

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