{"product_id":"the-philosophy-of-henry-thoreau-lester-h-hunt-9781350254022","title":"The Philosophy of Henry Thoreau: Ethics, Politics, and Nature","description":"\u003cp\u003eHenry Thoreau is widely considered to be one of the greatest nature writers, among whose best-known works are \u003ci\u003eWalden \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWalking\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e In this book, Lester Hunt shows that his writings have a compelling philosophical dimension as well. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lester H. Hunt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350254029\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350254022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/22\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.39d","brand":"Lester H. Hunt","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45897115697407,"sku":"9781350254022","price":42.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_57df4f98-d3e6-4232-b428-440a4132c3dc.jpg?v=1721373195","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-philosophy-of-henry-thoreau-lester-h-hunt-9781350254022","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}