Author: Henry David Thoreau
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
This carefully crafted ebook: "Walden, Civil Disobedience & Walking (3 Classics in One Volume)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Walden details Thoreau's experiences over the course of two years, two months, and two days in a cabin he built in the woods near Walden Pond, Massachusetts. Thoreau compresses the time into a single calendar year and uses passages of four seasons to symbolize human development. Part memoir, part personal quest, the book is a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, where Thoreau hoped to gain a more objective understanding of society through personal introspection. Civil Disobedience or Resistance to Civil Government is an essay by Thoreau in which he argues that individuals should not permit governments to overrule or atrophy their consciences, and that they have a duty to avoid allowing such acquiescence to enable the government to make them the agents of injustice. Walking is a transcendental essay in which 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. Content: Books Walden (Life in the Woods) Civil Disobedience Walking Biography Thoreau by Ralph Waldo Emerson Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) was an American essayist, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, surveyor, and historian. A leading transcendentalist, Thoreau is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay Civil Disobedience, an argument for disobedience to an unjust state.
Walden, Civil Disobedience & Walking (3 Classics in One Volume)
Author: Henry David Thoreau
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
This carefully crafted ebook: "Walden, Civil Disobedience & Walking (3 Classics in One Volume)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Walden details Thoreau's experiences over the course of two years, two months, and two days in a cabin he built in the woods near Walden Pond, Massachusetts. Thoreau compresses the time into a single calendar year and uses passages of four seasons to symbolize human development. Part memoir, part personal quest, the book is a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, where Thoreau hoped to gain a more objective understanding of society through personal introspection. Civil Disobedience or Resistance to Civil Government is an essay by Thoreau in which he argues that individuals should not permit governments to overrule or atrophy their consciences, and that they have a duty to avoid allowing such acquiescence to enable the government to make them the agents of injustice. Walking is a transcendental essay in which 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. Content: Books Walden (Life in the Woods) Civil Disobedience Walking Biography Thoreau by Ralph Waldo Emerson Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) was an American essayist, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, surveyor, and historian. A leading transcendentalist, Thoreau is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay Civil Disobedience, an argument for disobedience to an unjust state.
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
This carefully crafted ebook: "Walden, Civil Disobedience & Walking (3 Classics in One Volume)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Walden details Thoreau's experiences over the course of two years, two months, and two days in a cabin he built in the woods near Walden Pond, Massachusetts. Thoreau compresses the time into a single calendar year and uses passages of four seasons to symbolize human development. Part memoir, part personal quest, the book is a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, where Thoreau hoped to gain a more objective understanding of society through personal introspection. Civil Disobedience or Resistance to Civil Government is an essay by Thoreau in which he argues that individuals should not permit governments to overrule or atrophy their consciences, and that they have a duty to avoid allowing such acquiescence to enable the government to make them the agents of injustice. Walking is a transcendental essay in which 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. Content: Books Walden (Life in the Woods) Civil Disobedience Walking Biography Thoreau by Ralph Waldo Emerson Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) was an American essayist, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, surveyor, and historian. A leading transcendentalist, Thoreau is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay Civil Disobedience, an argument for disobedience to an unjust state.
Walden; Or, Life in the Woods
Author: Henry David Thoreau
Publisher: Coffeetown Press
ISBN: 1603810072
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
Walden details Thoreau's experiment with self-reliance living by a pond near Concord, MA in 1845-46. His intent is to explore the spiritual benefits of a simplified life. "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. From the desperate city you go into the desperate country, and have to console yourself with the bravery of minks and muskrats. A stereotyped but unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusements of mankind. There is no play in them, for this comes after work. But it is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things. When we consider what, to use the words of the catechism, is the chief end of man, and what are the true necessaries and means of life, it appears as if men had deliberately chosen the common mode of living because they preferred it to any other. Yet they honestly think there is no choice left. But alert and healthy natures remember that the sun rose clear. It is never too late to give up our prejudices. No way of thinking or doing, however ancient, can be trusted without proof. What everybody echoes or in silence passes by as true to-day may turn out to be falsehood to-morrow, mere smoke of opinion, which some had trusted for a cloud that would sprinkle fertilizing rain on their fields."
Publisher: Coffeetown Press
ISBN: 1603810072
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
Walden details Thoreau's experiment with self-reliance living by a pond near Concord, MA in 1845-46. His intent is to explore the spiritual benefits of a simplified life. "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. From the desperate city you go into the desperate country, and have to console yourself with the bravery of minks and muskrats. A stereotyped but unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusements of mankind. There is no play in them, for this comes after work. But it is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things. When we consider what, to use the words of the catechism, is the chief end of man, and what are the true necessaries and means of life, it appears as if men had deliberately chosen the common mode of living because they preferred it to any other. Yet they honestly think there is no choice left. But alert and healthy natures remember that the sun rose clear. It is never too late to give up our prejudices. No way of thinking or doing, however ancient, can be trusted without proof. What everybody echoes or in silence passes by as true to-day may turn out to be falsehood to-morrow, mere smoke of opinion, which some had trusted for a cloud that would sprinkle fertilizing rain on their fields."
Henry David Thoreau
Author: Henry David Thoreau
Publisher: Gramercy
ISBN:
Category : American essays
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
Three complete books: The Maine Woods, Walden, Cape Cod.
Publisher: Gramercy
ISBN:
Category : American essays
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
Three complete books: The Maine Woods, Walden, Cape Cod.
Walden and Other Writings
Author: Henry David Thoreau
Publisher: Modern Library
ISBN: 0679642021
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 799
Book Description
Henry David Thoreau's vision of personal freedom is indelibly etched on the American consciousness. 'We need the tonic of wildness,' Thoreau wrote in Walden, and by turning his back on town amenities to build a house on Walden Pond in 1845, he helped shape our notions of the individual, subsistence, and a moral relation to nature. Raising white beans and potatoes that he sold to his Concord neighbors, he stayed for two years; his book records both the philosophy he developed while living alone and the facts of his everyday life. Included here with the complete text of Walden are selections from Thoreau's first book, A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers; 'A Plea for Captain John Brown,' his eloquent defense of the American abolitionist's rebellion at Harper's Ferry, and such masterpieces as his famous essay 'Civil Disobedience,' in which he describes a night spent in prison for refusing to pay a poll tax to a government that condoned slavery.
Publisher: Modern Library
ISBN: 0679642021
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 799
Book Description
Henry David Thoreau's vision of personal freedom is indelibly etched on the American consciousness. 'We need the tonic of wildness,' Thoreau wrote in Walden, and by turning his back on town amenities to build a house on Walden Pond in 1845, he helped shape our notions of the individual, subsistence, and a moral relation to nature. Raising white beans and potatoes that he sold to his Concord neighbors, he stayed for two years; his book records both the philosophy he developed while living alone and the facts of his everyday life. Included here with the complete text of Walden are selections from Thoreau's first book, A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers; 'A Plea for Captain John Brown,' his eloquent defense of the American abolitionist's rebellion at Harper's Ferry, and such masterpieces as his famous essay 'Civil Disobedience,' in which he describes a night spent in prison for refusing to pay a poll tax to a government that condoned slavery.
A Year in Thoreau's Journal
Author: Henry David Thoreau
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101173874
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Thoreau's journal of 1851 reveals profound ideas and observations in the making, including wonderful writing on the natural history of Concord. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101173874
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Thoreau's journal of 1851 reveals profound ideas and observations in the making, including wonderful writing on the natural history of Concord. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Walden, And On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience
Author: Henry David Thoreau
Publisher: Double 9 Booksllp
ISBN: 9789357483490
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
'Walden And On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience'' is written by Sir Henry David Thoreau. The main idea of this book by Henry David Thoreau is to find the meaning of life. The author set out to think about himself, life, and the place of man in the universe. In this book, Thoreau made the case that if the government forces people to uphold injustice by adhering to "unjust laws," they should "break the law," even if doing so results in jail time. In Civil Disobedience, Thoreau's central thesis is that there is a law that transcends civil law that everyone must abide by. The government and human law are subordinate. The person must behave in accordance with his conscience and, if necessary, reject human law when the two conflict. To read this premium collection of law and to discuss the meaning of life, readers should read this book!
Publisher: Double 9 Booksllp
ISBN: 9789357483490
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
'Walden And On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience'' is written by Sir Henry David Thoreau. The main idea of this book by Henry David Thoreau is to find the meaning of life. The author set out to think about himself, life, and the place of man in the universe. In this book, Thoreau made the case that if the government forces people to uphold injustice by adhering to "unjust laws," they should "break the law," even if doing so results in jail time. In Civil Disobedience, Thoreau's central thesis is that there is a law that transcends civil law that everyone must abide by. The government and human law are subordinate. The person must behave in accordance with his conscience and, if necessary, reject human law when the two conflict. To read this premium collection of law and to discuss the meaning of life, readers should read this book!
Best of Thoreau: Walden and Civil Disobedience (Illustrated)
Author: Henry David Thoreau
Publisher: SeaWolf Press
ISBN: 9781955529280
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher: SeaWolf Press
ISBN: 9781955529280
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
Author: Henry David Thoreau
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Concord River
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Concord River
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
Transcendentalism Collection
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Eight classic works presented in a single beautiful volume Transcendentalism most prominent authors and their most quintessential works joined in a single convenient collection You get: WALDEN by Henry David Thoreau WALKING by Henry David Thoreau ON THE DUTY OF CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE by Henry David Thoreau SELF-RELIANCE by Ralph Waldo Emerson NATURE by Ralph Waldo Emerson THE AMERICAN SCHOLAR by Ralph Waldo Emerson THANATOPSIS by William Cullen Bryant THE ARTIST OF THE BEAUTIFUL by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Eight classic works presented in a single beautiful volume Transcendentalism most prominent authors and their most quintessential works joined in a single convenient collection You get: WALDEN by Henry David Thoreau WALKING by Henry David Thoreau ON THE DUTY OF CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE by Henry David Thoreau SELF-RELIANCE by Ralph Waldo Emerson NATURE by Ralph Waldo Emerson THE AMERICAN SCHOLAR by Ralph Waldo Emerson THANATOPSIS by William Cullen Bryant THE ARTIST OF THE BEAUTIFUL by Nathaniel Hawthorne
SparkNotes
Author: Amanda Davis
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781586634452
Category : Natural history in literature
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781586634452
Category : Natural history in literature
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description