Walden and Civil Disobedience (Hardcover Library Edition)

First published in 1854 ‘Walden and Civil Disobedience’ is a reflection upon uncomplicated living in naturalistic surroundings and an argument for disobedience to an unfair state by Henry David Thoreau an American naturalist essayist poet philosopher and a leading transcendentalist. Walden is a personal declaration of independence a social experiment a voyage of spiritual discovery satire and—to some degree—a manual for self-reliance. It can be seen as performance art a demonstration of how easy it can be to acquire the four necessities of life. Once acquired he believed people should then focus their efforts on personal growth. In Civil Disobedience Thoreau claims that individuals should not permit governments to overrule or atrophy their consciences. This essay on just resistance to government not only challenged the establishment of his day but has been used as a flag for later campaigners from Mahatma Gandhi to Dr. Martin Luther King. Top 10 Hardcover Library Books: Feeling is the Secret (9789389157208) Annihilation of Caste (9789390492756) The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla (9789388118187) Meditations (9789388118781) A Wrinkle in Time (9789389440188) The Book of Five Rings (9789389440553) As a Man Thinketh (9789388118422) How I Made $2000000 in the Stock Market (9789389440218) The Art of War (9789387669321) Jail Diary and Other Writings (9789390492084) Note: Search by ISBN