Walden and Civil Disobedience

Auteur

HENRY DAVID THOREAU (1817-1862), writer and philosopher, was born in Concord, Massachusetts, and educated at Harvard University. His writings on human nature, materialism, and the natural world rank him among the most influential thinkers of American lite

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Walden, by Henry David Thoreau, is part memoir, part social experiment, Walden, explores the many facets of choosing a life unencumbered by modern society. For nearly two and a half years, Henry David Thoreau lived off the land at Walden Pond, documenting with great detail the various trials he faced being disconnected from society and the social word around him.

Résumé

In 1857 Henry David Thoreau moved to a small cabin in the woods near Walden Pond where he lived as a recluse from society for just over two years. In his time of self-prescribed isolation, Thoreau recorded his daily routine and reflections in an effort to get away from the noise brought about by a mainstream society. His work became one of the most influential American literary works of all time.

Thoreau's daily journal entries became the foundation for one of the most well-known works of Transcendental philosophy to this day. Published as one title, Walden is a quasi-memoir and naturalist manifesto that has withstood the test of time. The work continues to inspire generations to switch it up, unplug, and revert to the higher calling of nature.