Henry David Thoreau

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Henry David Thoreau
Thoreau in 1856
Born12 Julie 1817(1817-07-12)
Concord, Massachusetts, Unitit States
Dee'd6 Mey 1862(1862-05-06) (aged 44)
Concord, Massachusetts, Unitit States
Alma materHarvard College
Era19th century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
SchuilTranscendentalism[1]
Main interests
Ethics, Poetry, Releegion, Politics, Biology, Filosofie, History
Notable ideas
Aboleetionism, tax resistance, development creeticism, ceevil disobedience, conscientious objection, direct action, environmentalism, anarchism, simple livin
Signatur

Henry David Thoreau (Julie 12, 1817 – Mey 6, 1862) wis an American essayist, poet, philosopher, aboleetionist, naituralist, tax reseester, development creetic, surveyor, an historian. A leadin transcendentalist,[2] Thoreau is best kent for his beuk Walden, a reflection upon simple livin in naitural surroondins, an his essay "Civil Disobedience" (oreeginally published as "Resistance to Civil Government"), an argument for disobedience tae an unjust state.

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  1. Furtak, Rick. "Henry David Thoreau". The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Retrieved 27 Julie 2013.
  2. Howe, Daniel Walker, What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815–1848. ISBN 978-0-19-507894-7, p. 623.