Henry David Thoreau

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David Henry Thoreau, هنري ديفيد ثورو،, H・D ソロー, and 59 others Генри Торо, ヘンリー・デイヴィッド ソロー, Suoluo, Χένρι Ντέιβιντ Θόρω, Genri Devid Toto, ソロー ヘンリー・デイヴィッド, Henricus David Thoreau, هنرى دافيد ثورو, थोरो, Henrī Deividdo Sorō, Henry D. Thoreaux, ヘンリー・D ソロー, हेनरी डेभिड थोरो, Торо, ヘンリー・デイヴィッド・ソロー, הנרי דייוויד תורו, Генри Дейвид Торо, הענרי דייוויד טהארא, 亨利·戴維·梭羅, Henry David Thoreau, هنری دیوید تورو, Henri Devid Toro, So-lo, ہنری ڈیوڈ تھوریو, Henri Daṿid Toro, Henry D Thoreau, Henri Dejvid Toro, ソーロー, Henry D. Thoreau, H.D. Thoreau, Enry Deēvint Thorō, ヘンリー ソロー, Henry Thoreau, Хенри Дейвид Торо, 헨리 데이비드 소로, கென்றி டேவிட் தூரோ, ਹੈਨਰੀ ਡੇਵਿਡ ਥੋਰੋ, Henrijs Deivids Toro, Henri David Toro, H. D ソーロウ, הנרי דוד תורו, Henri David Thoreau, ھێنری دەیڤید سۆرۆ, הענרי דײװיד טהארא, Thoreau, Հենրի Դեյվիդ Թորո, Xenri Dawid Toreʾaw, ثورو، هنرى،, Генри Дэвид Торо, Genri Devid Toro, Хенри Дејвид Торо, 亨利梭羅, G.D. Toro, 梭罗, Генрі Девід Торо, Ҳенри Девид Торо, เฮนรี เดวิด ทอโร, H. D. Thoreau, هنري ديفد ثورو
Born:
July 12, 1817
Died:
May 6, 1862

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Henry David Thoreau (see name pronunciation; July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862) was an American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher. A leading transcendentalist, he is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay "Civil Disobedience" (originally published as "Resistance to Civil Government"), an argument for disobedience to an unjust state. Thoreau's books, articles, essays, journals, and poetry amount to more than 20 volumes. Among his lasting contributions are his writings on natural history and philosophy, in which he anticipated the methods and findings of ecology and environmental history, two sources of modern-day environmentalism. His literary style interweaves close observation of nature, personal experience, pointed rhetoric, symbolic meanings, and historical lore, while displaying a poetic sensibility, philosophical austerity, and attention to practical detail. He was also deeply interested in the idea of survival in the face of hostile elements, historical change, and natural decay; at the same time he advocated abandoning waste and illusion in order to discover life's true essential needs.Thoreau was a lifelong abolitionist, delivering lectures that attacked the Fugitive Slave Law while praising the writings of Wendell Phillips and defending the abolitionist John Brown. Thoreau's philosophy of civil …

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