Henry David Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817May 6, 1862) was an American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher. A leading transcendentalist, he is best known for his book ''Walden'', a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay "Civil Disobedience" (originally published as "Resistance to Civil Government"), an argument in favor of citizen disobedience against an unjust state.Thoreau's books, articles, essays, journals, and poetry amount to more than 20 volumes. Among his lasting contributions are his writings on natural history and philosophy, in which he anticipated the methods and findings of ecology and environmental history, two sources of modern-day environmentalism. His literary style interweaves close observation of nature, personal experience, pointed rhetoric, symbolic meanings, and historical lore, while displaying a poetic sensibility, philosophical austerity, and attention to practical detail. He was also deeply interested in the idea of survival in the face of hostile elements, historical change, and natural decay; at the same time he advocated abandoning waste and illusion in order to discover life's true essential needs.
Thoreau was a lifelong abolitionist, delivering lectures that attacked the fugitive slave law while praising the writings of Wendell Phillips and defending the abolitionist John Brown. Thoreau's philosophy of civil disobedience later influenced the political thoughts and actions of notable figures such as Leo Tolstoy, Mahatma Gandhi, and Martin Luther King Jr.
Thoreau is sometimes referred to retrospectively as an anarchist, but may perhaps be more properly regarded as a ''proto-anarchist''. In his seminal essay, "Civil Disobedience", Thoreau wrote as follows:
"I heartily accept the 'That government is best which governs least;' and I should like to see it acted up to more rapidly and systematically. Carried out, it finally amounts to this, which also I 'That government is best which governs not at all;' and when men are prepared for it, that will be the kind of government which they will have.... But, to speak practically and as a citizen, unlike those who call themselves no-government men, I ask for, not at once no government, but ''at once'' a better government."Provided by Wikipedia
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7by Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862, Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862, Thoreau, Henry David, Thoreau, Henry David, Thoreau, Henry DavidOther Authors: “...Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862...”
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Published 1817
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11by Thoreau, Henry DavidOther Authors: “...Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862,Allen, Francis H. (Francis Henry), 1866-1953...”
Published 1910
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Published 1995
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Published 1867
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14by Thoreau, Henry DavidOther Authors: “...Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862,Thoreau, Sophia E., d. 1876,Channing, William Ellery, 1817-1901...”
Published 2005
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Published 2004
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Published 1980
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Published 2013
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Published 1854
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