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Waldo Littlefield's avatar

I went into the woods to learn how to live deliberately. “ Henry David Thoreau later wrote Civil Disobedience a book that influenced Ghandi and Martin Luther King. Time spent idly walking in nature is life affirming.

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Krishna Kanth Yellapragada's avatar

I think you meant ‘Walden’. Sure, his Civil Disobedience essay stood as an inspiration to Gandhi and MLK but that’s not what he wrote by going into the woods. He wrote CD in 1849 while he spend his reclusive time at Walden pond between 1845 - 1847.

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Waldo Littlefield's avatar

For me, it was time spent in nature learning to live deliberately that gave Thoreau the insight to write Civil Disobedience. You are correct he did write Walden right after living near at the pond.

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steak's avatar

His work 'On the disappearance of ritual' is absolutely fantastic

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Daryl Chow's avatar

Agreed! I just read it last month

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Timothy ODonnell's avatar

There is nothing here describing why we have become so. It's hyper, surveillance capitalism. Period. Stop. It demands we behave so & leaves no alternative.

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Han Youngkoo's avatar

Yes, I already read the books above but they still awaken me again. I'll try not to do anything rather than to achieve something to leave some space inside of me. Good article!

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Sam Webster's avatar

Double plus ungood, man

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Mort Enerichzen's avatar

Taoist principle meets German rigorous thinking. Awesome Sauce...

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Cathie Campbell's avatar

“moments of pure leisure and rest without guilt” is such a craving, to dive deeply and escape the superficial whirl of Flatland…

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