🌾 How Much Land Does a Man Need? - Tolstoy on greed, security, and enough

🌾 We're getting together to talk about Leo Tolstoy's How Much Land Does a Man Need?

Wanting more can feel responsible when you call it security. Saving for a home or a difficult year is not the same as greed, but the amount that feels safe can keep rising along with what you have. You can end up organising your life around protecting a future you never quite allow yourself to enjoy. How would you recognise enough if every new advantage also gave you something new to worry about losing?

The plan
Please read only the short story How Much Land Does a Man Need? beforehand: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6157
The link is to the source collection; the rest of the collection is not assigned.

When does the wish for security start making a person less secure?
What makes the promise of owning land so persuasive in this story?
Where does the story leave room for ambition that isn't greed?

When and where
🗓️ Date: Sunday, November 15, 2026
🕒 Time: 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, Vancouver local time
📍 Location: UBC Learning Exchange, 612 Main St, Vancouver, BC V6A 2V3
We will meet at the main entrance.
Arrive 10 minutes before the start; doors close 10 minutes after the start.
Cap: 40