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Walden and Civil Disobedience are seminal works by Henry David Thoreau. While Walden is a collection of his reflections on life and society, Civil Disobedience is Thoreaus protest against the government’s interference with civil liberty. Both have inspired many to embrace the authors stated philosophy of individualism and love of nature. These two symbolic actions  Thoreaus two years in the cabin at Walden Pond and his night in jail for civil disobedience  represent his personal enactment of the then prevailing doctrines.
Thoreau established the tradition of nature writing and his pioneer study of the human uses of nature deeply influenced many conservationists. Finding the meaning of life is the main idea of Walden in which he embarks upon contemplating life and himself and finding out man’s role in the world. In Civil Disobedience, the author espouses the need to prioritize one’s conscience over the dictates of laws and criticizes American social institutions and policies such as slavery and the Mexican-American War.

About the Author

Henry David Thoreau was an American thinker, essayist, and naturalist. After graduating from Harvard University, Thoreau taught school for several years before leaving his job to become a poet of nature. Numerous nature writings and records of his wanderings display the author’s mind as a keen naturalist. About 20 volumes of his collected writings were published posthumously. While Walden records his daily life and is a testimony to how satisfying a simple life could be, his essay in Civil Disobedience, is said to have influenced such figures as Mohandas K. Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr.
In Walden, Thoreau’s command of a clear and elegant style helped raise it to the level of a literary classic. Messages in Civil Disobedience still sounds timely, according to which there is a higher law than the civil one, and the higher law must be followed even if a penalty ensues.
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Walden and Civil Disobedience
350.00

Walden and Civil Disobedience are seminal works by Henry David Thoreau. While Walden is a collection of his reflections on life and society, Civil Disobedience is Thoreaus protest against the government’s interference with civil liberty. Both have inspired many to embrace the authors stated philosophy of individualism and love of nature. These two symbolic actions  Thoreaus two years in the cabin at Walden Pond and his night in jail for civil disobedience  represent his personal enactment of the then prevailing doctrines.
Thoreau established the tradition of nature writing and his pioneer study of the human uses of nature deeply influenced many conservationists. Finding the meaning of life is the main idea of Walden in which he embarks upon contemplating life and himself and finding out man’s role in the world. In Civil Disobedience, the author espouses the need to prioritize one’s conscience over the dictates of laws and criticizes American social institutions and policies such as slavery and the Mexican-American War.

About the Author

Henry David Thoreau was an American thinker, essayist, and naturalist. After graduating from Harvard University, Thoreau taught school for several years before leaving his job to become a poet of nature. Numerous nature writings and records of his wanderings display the author’s mind as a keen naturalist. About 20 volumes of his collected writings were published posthumously. While Walden records his daily life and is a testimony to how satisfying a simple life could be, his essay in Civil Disobedience, is said to have influenced such figures as Mohandas K. Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr.
In Walden, Thoreau’s command of a clear and elegant style helped raise it to the level of a literary classic. Messages in Civil Disobedience still sounds timely, according to which there is a higher law than the civil one, and the higher law must be followed even if a penalty ensues.

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Author

Henry David Thoreau

ISBN

9789356843677

Pages

48

Format

Hardcover

Language

English

Publisher

Diamond Books

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