Walden ; and, Civil disobedience / by Henry David Thoreau ; with an introduction by Michael Meyer.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Penguin American libraryPublisher: Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England ; New York, New York : Penguin Books, 1983Description: 431 pages ; 19 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0140390448
  • 9780140390445
Related works:
  • Contains: Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862. Civil disobedience
  • Contains: Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862. Walden
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 818/.303 B 19
LOC classification:
  • PS3048 .A1 1983
Contents:
Walden. Originally published: Boston, Mass. : Ticknov and Fields, 1954 -- Civil disobedience. Originally published: Boston, Mass : Ticknov and Fields, 1949.
Summary: Thoreau's famous account of a year spent in a cabin at Walden Pond near Concord, during which he made many observations about nature, human life, and the importance of simplicity. Also includes his influential essay "Civil disobedience," arguing that since what is law is not necessarily right, and just because the majority decides an issue doesn't automatically make that issue palatable to a man's conscience, individuals should sometimes oppose the majority and break unjust laws in order to change them.
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Essays.

"First published in the Penguin American library 1983"--Page 4.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 37-40).

Walden. Originally published: Boston, Mass. : Ticknov and Fields, 1954 -- Civil disobedience. Originally published: Boston, Mass : Ticknov and Fields, 1949.

Thoreau's famous account of a year spent in a cabin at Walden Pond near Concord, during which he made many observations about nature, human life, and the importance of simplicity. Also includes his influential essay "Civil disobedience," arguing that since what is law is not necessarily right, and just because the majority decides an issue doesn't automatically make that issue palatable to a man's conscience, individuals should sometimes oppose the majority and break unjust laws in order to change them.

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