Walden: On the Duty of Civil Disobedience (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781721741403)

Walden and On the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau. Walden, first published as Walden; or, Life in the Woods, is a book by noted transcendentalist 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, and-to some degree-a manual for self-reliance. Resistance to Civil Government (Civil Disobedience) is an essay by American transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau that was first published in 1849. In it, 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. Thoreau was motivated in part by his disgust with slavery and the Mexican-American War (1846-1848).

Author: Henry David Thoreau
ISBN-10: 1721741402
ISBN-13: 9781721741403
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 06/22/2018
Pages: 174
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.69lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.37d