Henry David Thoreau
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Naxos
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[2019]
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English
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In 1845 Henry David Thoreau, one of the principal New England Transcendentalists, left the small town of Concord for the country. Beside the lake of Walden he built himself a log cabin and returned to nature to observe and reflect, while surviving on eight dollars a year. Also included here is Civil Disobedience, Thoreau's essay on just resistance to government that not only challenged the establishment of his day but has been used as a flag for later...
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"Our life is frittered away by detail... Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!."
Henry David Thoreau built his small cabin on the shore of Walden Pond in 1845. For the next two years, he lived there as simply as possible, learning to eliminate the unnecessary material and spiritual details that intrude upon human happiness.
Thoreau described his experiences in Walden, using vivid, forceful prose that transforms his reflections on nature into richly...
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Henry David Thoreau es un amado autor, poeta y filósofo americano. Fue un abolicionista de toda la vida, defensor de la desobediencia civil contra los gobiernos injustos o corruptos, y defendió la idea de abandonar los asuntos ilusorios en favor de la vida simple, para descubrir las auténticas necesidades esenciales de la vida. Es más conocido por Walden, o la vida en el bosque, el libro que escribió durante su experimento de dos años de vida...
64) Walking
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English
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In Walking, Henry David Thoreau talks about the importance of nature to mankind, and how people cannot survive without nature, physically, mentally, and spiritually, yet we seem to be spending more and more time entrenched by society. For Thoreau walking is a self-reflective spiritual act that occurs only when you are away from society, that allows you to learn about who you are, and find other aspects of yourself that have been chipped away by society.
Includes...
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Library of America volume 124
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Library of America
Pub. Date
c2001
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English
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English
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AN AMERICAN CLASSIC, REINVIGORATED
In 1854, Henry David Thoreau published his famous work, Walden, an experiment in simple living. Thoreau recounts his experiences living alone in a small self-built cabin near Walden Pond, reflecting on the virtue of self-reliance and the pursuit of a meaningful life. He challenges readers to question societal norms and reconnect with the natural world, our home. Walden remains a timeless exploration of transcendentalist...
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Amazon.com
Pub. Date
c2016
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English
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Blackstone Publishing
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2006
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English
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Civil Disobedience discusses Thoreau's arguments for civil disobedience-the deliberate violation of laws for reasons of conscience. Thoreau's concept is based on the belief that no law should command blind obedience, and that noncooperation with unjust laws is both morally correct and socially beneficial.
The Liberator was a leading voice for abolitionism in the nineteenth century. Abolitionism called for the immediate emancipation
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