Vein Alla A
Department of Neurology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Albinusdreef 2, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands.
Sleep Med. 2008 Mar;9(3):320-3. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2007.04.023. Epub 2007 Aug 29.
Throughout his life, Leo Tolstoy was fascinated by the phenomena of sleep and dreams. He composed a series of observations and judgements that were brought together under "my theory of sleep". Tolstoy was constantly preoccupied with the basic principles of "the theory". It is hard to name a work by him where a description of sleep and/or a dream does not play a vital role in the unfolding of the plot. They testify to Tolstoy's interest in the mechanism of sleep and in the processes of falling asleep and waking up. Tolstoy viewed sleep as a specific state of consciousness, and he subsequently linked the concept of sleep with the concept of death. For him sleep and awakening were experiences emblematic of life and death.
列夫·托尔斯泰一生都对睡眠和梦境现象着迷。他撰写了一系列观察结果和判断，并将其汇总在“我的睡眠理论”之下。托尔斯泰一直专注于“该理论”的基本原则。很难说出他的哪部作品中，睡眠和/或梦境的描述在情节发展中不扮演至关重要的角色。这些描述证明了托尔斯泰对睡眠机制以及入睡和醒来过程的兴趣。托尔斯泰将睡眠视为一种特定的意识状态，随后他将睡眠的概念与死亡的概念联系起来。对他来说，睡眠和觉醒是生与死的象征体验。
