Walden and Civil Disobedience

Thoreau, Henry David

Omschrijving

Henry David Thoreau reflects on life, politics, and society in these two inspiring masterworks: Walden and Civil Disobedience. In 1845, Thoreau moved to a cabin that he built with his own hands along the shores of Walden Pond in Massachusetts. Shedding the trivial ties that he felt bound much of humanity, Thoreau reaped from the land both physically and mentally, and pursued truth in the quiet of nature. In Walden, he 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 reenter 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 love of nature. More than a century and a half later, his message is more timely than ever. With an Introduction by W.S. Merwin and an Afterword by Will Howarth
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Schrijver
Thoreau, Henry David
Titel
Walden and Civil Disobedience
Uitgever
Penguin Putnam Inc
Jaar
2012
Taal
Engels
Pagina's
336
Gewicht
159 gr
EAN
9780451532169
Afmetingen
171 x 108 x 25 mm
Bindwijze
Paperback

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