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Walden and Civil Disobedience
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In Walden, Thoreau explains how separating oneself from the world of men can truly awaken the sleeping self. Thoreau holds fast to the notion that you have not truly existed until you adopt such a lifestyle and only then can you re-enter society as an enlightened...
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Description
In Walden, Thoreau explains how separating oneself from the world of men can truly awaken the sleeping self. Thoreau holds fast to the notion that you have not truly existed until you adopt such a lifestyle and only then can you re-enter society as an enlightened being.
These simple but profound musings, as well as Civil Disobedience, his protest against the government's interference with civil liberty, have inspired many to embrace his philosophy of individualism and his love of nature. More than a century and a half later, his message is more timely than ever.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781435172692
Publisher: Union Square & Co.
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 05 September 2024
Country: United States
Imprint: Union Square & Co.
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 30.0mm
Width: 142.0mm
Height: 210.0mm
Weight: 440g
Pages: 312
About the Author
Henry David Thoreau (1817 1862) was an American author, naturalist, transcendentalist, tax resister, development critic, philosopher, and abolitionist who is best known for Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay Civil Disobedience, an argument for individual resistance to civil government in moral opposition to an unjust state.
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