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Author : Howard William Webb
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book The Political Opinions and Philosophy of Henry David Thoreau written by Howard William Webb and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Rick Anthony Furtak
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
ISBN 13 : 0823239306
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (232 download)
Download or read book Thoreau's Importance for Philosophy written by Rick Anthony Furtak and published by Fordham Univ Press. This book was released on 2012-08-14 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although Henry David Thoreau's best-known book, Walden, is admired as a classic work of American literature, it has not yet been widely recognized as an important philosophical text. In fact, many academic philosophers would be reluctant to classify Thoreau as a philosopher at all. The purpose of this volume is to remedy this neglect, to explain Thoreau's philosophical significance, and to argue that we can still learn from his polemical conception of philosophy.Thoreau sought to establish philosophy as a way of life and to root our philosophical, conceptual affairs in more practical or existential concerns. His work provides us with a sustained meditation on the importance of leading our lives with integrity, avoiding what he calls "quiet desperation." The contributors to this volume approach Thoreau's writings from different angles. They explore his aesthetic views, his naturalism, his theory of self, his ethical principles, and his political stances. Most importantly, they show how Thoreau returns philosophy to its roots as the love of wisdom.
Author : Jonathan McKenzie
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813166314
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)
Download or read book The Political Thought of Henry David Thoreau written by Jonathan McKenzie and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2016-01-22 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today, Henry David Thoreau's status as one of America's most influential public intellectuals remains unchallenged. Recent scholarship on Thoreau has highlighted his activism as a committed antislavery reformer and proto-environmentalist whose life became a seminal model for the image of the liberal conscience. While modern scholars have firmly established Thoreau's relevance, their focus on his public activism has undervalued the complexity and range of his contributions to American political thought and has neglected crucial facets of his philosophy regarding democratic citizenship. In The Political Thought of Henry David Thoreau, Jonathan McKenzie analyzes not only Thoreau's well-known works but also his journals and correspondence to provide a fresh portrait of the Sage of Walden as a radical individualist. This new account examines the influence that ancient philosophers, particularly the Stoics, had on Thoreau and demonstrates his importance as one of the best modern interpreters of Socrates's vision of the self. McKenzie also argues that Thoreau's own political life was shaped by a theory of privatism that encouraged both a radical simplification of one's commitments and regular engagement in experiments that plumbed life for its most essential values. Shunning grand abstractions and cosmopolitanism in favor of the wonders of daily life, Thoreau's work provides a critique of political and social life that seeks to restore the wholeness of the human subject by rescuing it from the clutches of public concerns. Indeed, McKenzie's nuanced, provocative analysis reveals Thoreau as a multifaceted philosopher who brilliantly wrestled with the complexities of ethical participation in modern democracy.
Author : Jonathan McKenzie
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813166322
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)
Download or read book The Political Thought of Henry David Thoreau written by Jonathan McKenzie and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2016-01-22 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In The Political Thought of Henry David Thoreau, Jonathan McKenzie analyzes not only Thoreau's well-known works but also his journals and correspondence to provide a fresh portrait of the Sage of Walden as a radical individualist."--Publisher description.
Author : Jonathan McKenzie
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780813166384
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (663 download)
Download or read book Political Thought of Henry David Thoreau written by Jonathan McKenzie and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work provides a fresh interpretation of Henry Thoreau's political theory through a comprehensive interpretation of public and private writings. While recent critics have opened new vistas in Thoreau interpretation, little attention has been paid to Thoreau's journals and correspondence.
Author : Ralph Waldo Emerson
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781020077203
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (772 download)
Download or read book The Writings of Henry David Thoreau; Volume 6 written by Ralph Waldo Emerson and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive collection of the writings of Henry David Thoreau, including his famous works such as Walden and Civil Disobedience. Edited by his contemporaries Bradford Torrey, F. B. Sanborn, and Ralph Waldo Emerson, this volume offers readers a deep insight into Thoreau's philosophy, political beliefs, and literary genius. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Henry David Thoreau
Publisher : Lindhardt og Ringhof
ISBN 13 : 8728414519
Total Pages : 30 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (284 download)
Download or read book On the Duty of Civil Disobedience written by Henry David Thoreau and published by Lindhardt og Ringhof. This book was released on 2023-02-09 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Civil Disobedience’ (1849) is an essay by American poet, essayist, and philosopher, Henry David Thoreau, who is best known for his book ‘Walden’ (1854). In this classic essay, Thoreau famously argues that citizens should not allow their government to overrule their consciences, arguing that their compliance enables governments to make them the agents of injustice. A lifelong abolitionist, Thoreau was motivated to write this essay by his contempt for slavery and the plight of John Brown. His work went on to influence the political thoughts and actions of both Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. This pioneering, thought-provoking classic, remains as relevant today as when it was first written. Henry David Thoreau (1817 – 1862) was an American naturalist, poet, essayist and philosopher. A leading transcendentalist, he is best known for his book ‘Walden’ (1854), a deliberation on simple living in natural surroundings, and his advocation of civil liberties in the essay ‘Civil Disobedience’ (1849). A lifelong abolitionist he praised the writings of Wendell Phillips and defended the abolitionist John Brown, most notably with his works, ‘A Plea for Captain John Brown’ (1859), ‘Remarks After the Hanging of John Brown’ (1859), and ‘The Last Days of John Brown (1860)’. Thoreau's philosophy of civil disobedience went on to influence writers and leading political figures across the world, including Tolstoy, Gandhi, and Martin Luther King Jr. His pioneering works continue to resonate with people to this day.
Author : Henry David Thoreau
Publisher : 谷月社
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience written by Henry David Thoreau and published by 谷月社. This book was released on 2015-10-14 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Walden, by noted transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau, is a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings. The work is part personal declaration of independence, social experiment, voyage of spiritual discovery, satire, and manual for self-reliance. First published in 1854, it details Thoreau's experiences over the course of two years, two months, and two days in a cabin he built near Walden Pond, amidst woodland owned by his friend and mentor Ralph Waldo Emerson, near Concord, Massachusetts. The book compresses the time into a single calendar year and uses passages of four seasons to symbolize human development. By immersing himself in nature, Thoreau hoped to gain a more objective understanding of society through personal introspection. Simple living and self-sufficiency were Thoreau's other goals, and the whole project was inspired by transcendentalist philosophy, a central theme of the American Romantic Period. As Thoreau made clear in his book, his cabin was not in wilderness but at the edge of town, about two miles (3 km) from his family home.
Author : Henry David Thoreau
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781546694700
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (947 download)
Download or read book On the Duty of Civil Disobedience written by Henry David Thoreau and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-05-21 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Henry David Thoreau, was an American essayist, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, and historian. Thoreau is sometimes referred to as an anarchist.Though "Civil Disobedience" seems to call for improving rather than abolishing government-"I ask for, not at once no government, but at once a better government" Thoreau's philosophy of civil disobedience later influenced the political thoughts and actions of such notable figures as Leo Tolstoy, Mahatma Gandhi, and Martin Luther King Jr.
Author : Lester H. Hunt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781350079052
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (79 download)
Download or read book The Philosophy of Henry Thoreau written by Lester H. Hunt and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Henry Thoreau is widely considered to be one of the greatest nature writers, among whose best-known works are Walden and Walking. In this book, Lester Hunt shows that his writings have a compelling philosophical dimension as well. Thoreau seldom argues for his ideas the way other philosophers do. Rather than setting up proofs designed to trap the reader into agreeing with him, he challenges the reader - by means of narratives, jokes, questions, and paradoxes -- to recognize possibilities previously unknown and unexplored. Thoreau's own explorations led him to several distinctively philosophical theories: an intuitionist metaethics, an ethics based on virtue and self-realization, a politics that is fundamentally individualist and anarchist, and a secular religion in which nature is pre-eminent."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
Author : Lester H. Hunt
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350079049
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (5 download)
Download or read book The Philosophy of Henry Thoreau written by Lester H. Hunt and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-10-17 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Henry Thoreau is widely considered to be one of the greatest nature writers, among whose best-known works are Walden and Walking. In this book, Lester Hunt shows that his writings have a compelling philosophical dimension as well. Thoreau seldom argues for his ideas the way other philosophers do. Rather than setting up proofs designed to trap the reader into agreeing with him, he challenges the reader – by means of narratives, jokes, questions, and paradoxes -- to recognize possibilities previously unknown and unexplored. Thoreau's own explorations led him to several distinctively philosophical theories: an intuitionist metaethics, an ethics based on virtue and self-realization, a politics that is fundamentally individualist and anarchist, and a secular religion in which nature is pre-eminent.
Author : Henry David Thoreau
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781636371269
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (712 download)
Download or read book Walden, and On the Duty of Civil Disobedience written by Henry David Thoreau and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-21 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Henry David Thoreau (see name pronunciation; July 12, 1817 - May 6, 1862) was an American 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 for disobedience to 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. He 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 such notable figures as Leo Tolstoy, Mahatma Gandhi, and Martin Luther King Jr. Thoreau is sometimes referred to as an anarchist. Though "Civil Disobedience" seems to call for improving rather than abolishing government--"I ask for, not at once no government, but at once a better government"--the direction of this improvement contrarily points toward anarchism: "'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." (wikipedia.org)
Author : Henry David Thoreau
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 2098 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)
Download or read book The Essential Henry David Thoreau (Illustrated Collection of the Thoreau's Greatest Works) written by Henry David Thoreau and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-12-23 with total page 2098 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This carefully edited collection has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Contents: Walden (Life in the Woods) A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers The Maine Woods Cape Cod A Yankee in Canada Canoeing in the Wilderness Civil Disobedience Slavery in Massachusetts Life Without Principle Excursions Natural History of Massachusetts A Walk to Wachusett The Landlord A Winter Walk The Succession of Forest Trees Walking Autumnal Tints Wild Apples Night and Moonlight Aulus Persius Flaccus The Service Sir Walter Raleigh Prayers Paradise (to be) Regained Herald of Freedom Thomas Carlyle and His Works Wendell Phillips Before the Concord Lyceum A Plea for Captain John Brown The Last Days of John Brown After the Death of John Brown Reform and the Reformers The Highland Light Dark Ages Poetry: Poems of Nature Epitaph on the World I Am a Parcel of Vain Striving Tied I Am the Autumnal Sun I Knew a Man by Sight Indeed, indeed, I cannot tell Low Anchored Cloud Mist Pray to What Earth They Who Prepare my Evening Meal Below Within the Circuit of This Plodding Life Omnipresence Inspiration (Quatrain) Mission Delay... Translations: The Prometheus Bound of Aeschylus Translations from Pindar Collected Letters Biographies: Henry D. Thoreau by F. B. Sanborn 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.
Author : Henry David Thoreau
Publisher : Phoemixx Classics Ebooks
ISBN 13 : 3986475826
Total Pages : 29 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (864 download)
Download or read book Civil Disobedience written by Henry David Thoreau and published by Phoemixx Classics Ebooks. This book was released on 2021-10-13 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Civil Disobedience Henry David Thoreau - In Civil Disobedience Thoreau 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.
Author : Henry David Thoreau
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781453627556
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (275 download)
Download or read book On the Duty of Civil Disobedience written by Henry David Thoreau and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2010-06-11 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "On the Duty of Civil Disobedience," written by legendary author and philosopher Henry David Thoreau, is widely considered to be one of the top essays of all time. This great classic, which argues that people should not permit governments to over-rule will surely attract a whole new generation of readers. For many, "On the Duty of Civil Disobedience" is required reading for various courses and curriculums. And for others who simply enjoy reading timeless pieces of classic literature, this text by Henry David Thoreau is highly recommended. Originally published in 1849 as "Resistance to Civil Government," "On the Duty of Civil Disobedience" was written to advocate public resistance to the laws and acts of government that Henry David Thoreau considered to be unjust. The practical application of "Civil Disobedience" was largely ignored until the twentieth century when, at different times, Modanda Ghandi, Martin Luther King, Jr. and anti-Vietnam War activists applied Thoreau's principles.
Author : Henry David Thoreau
Publisher : Phoemixx Classics Ebooks
ISBN 13 : 398594251X
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (859 download)
Download or read book Walden written by Henry David Thoreau and published by Phoemixx Classics Ebooks. This book was released on 2021-08-14 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Walden - Henry David Thoreau - Walden (first published in 1854 as Walden; or, Life in the Woods) is a book by American transcendentalist writer Henry David Thoreau.The text is a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings. The work is part personal declaration of independence, social experiment, voyage of spiritual discovery, satire, andto some degreea manual for self-reliance.Walden offers abundant evidence of Thoreau's ability to begin with observations on a mundane incident or the minutiae of nature and then develop these observations into profound ruminations on the most fundamental human concerns. Credited with influencing Tolstoy, Gandhi, and other thinkers, the volume remains a masterpiece of philosophical reflection.
Author : Henry David Thoreau
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781502384256
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (842 download)
Download or read book Walden and on the Duty of Civil Disobedience written by Henry David Thoreau and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-09-16 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two Classic books by Henry David Thoreau. Walden and On the Duty of Civil Disobedience. "Resistance to Civil Government". By Henry David Thoreau. Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862) was an American author, poet, philosopher, polymath, abolitionist, naturalist, tax resister, development critic, surveyor, historian, and leading transcendentalist. He is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay Resistance to Civil Government (also known as Civil Disobedience), an argument for disobedience to an unjust state. Thoreau's books, articles, essays, journals, and poetry total over 20 volumes. Among his lasting contributions are his writings on natural history and philosophy, where he anticipated the methods and findings of ecology and environmental history, two sources of modern-day environmentalism. His literary style interweaves close natural observation, personal experience, pointed rhetoric, symbolic meanings, and historical lore, while displaying a poetic sensibility, philosophical austerity, and "Yankee" love of 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. He was a lifelong abolitionist, delivering lectures that attacked the Fugitive Slave Law while praising the writings of Wendell Phillips and defending abolitionist John Brown. Thoreau's philosophy of civil disobedience later influenced the political thoughts and actions of such notable figures as Leo Tolstoy, Mohandas Gandhi, and Martin Luther King, Jr.Thoreau is sometimes cited as an anarchist. Though Civil Disobedience seems to call for improving rather than abolishing government — "I ask for, not at once no government, but at once a better government" — the direction of this improvement points toward anarchism: "'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." Richard Drinnon partly blames Thoreau for the ambiguity, noting that Thoreau's "sly satire, his liking for wide margins for his writing, and his fondness for paradox provided ammunition for widely divergent interpretations of 'Civil Disobedience.'"
