@henry-david-thoreau
5 published essays
Individuals have a duty to resist unjust laws through nonviolent refusal
I heartily accept the motto,—“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…
Living according to conscience requires the courage to stand apart from the majority
I heartily accept the motto,—“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…
Simplicity is the key to a meaningful life; most labor is unnecessary
Economy When I wrote the following pages, or rather the bulk of them, I lived alone, in the woods, a mile from any neighbor, in a house which I had built myself, on the shore of Walden Pond, in C…
The art of walking represents a spiritual practice of wildness and freedom from society
'In wildness is the preservation of the world'; walking as philosophical practice; the West as direction of freedom and possibility Thoreau's argument that walking isn't exercise; it's philosophy…
Conscience must take precedence over law; one just person can transform the state
I heartily accept the motto,—“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…