Henry David Thoreau
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Henry David Thoreau was born on July 12, 1817, in Concord Massachusetts. His father was a pencil maker. He was named after his uncle, David Thoreau. David graduated from Harvard. Him and his brother opened a grammar school in Concord called "Concord Academy" the school closed when his brother died in 1842 from tetanus after cutting himself shaving, he died in Henry's' arms. He was a lifelong abolitionist.
Transcendentalism
He was a philosopher of nature and its relation to the human condition. Thoreau was a leader of the Transcendentalism movement. He held the idea that spiritual states transcend the physical and empirical, and one that achieves that insight via personal intuition rather than religious doctrine.
Thoreau wrote the Walden, he went to Walden Pond July 4, 1845 to concentrate on his writing. He moved into a cabin he built himself on the shores of Walden Pond. Walden Pond was owned by his fellow transcendentalist Ralph Emerson. The time he lived in Walden Pond was a two year experiment in simple living. The Walden is a reflection upon simple livings in natural surroundings, it is often referred to Life in the Woods. He has over 20 volumes of books, articles, essays, journals, and poetry. He was interested in the idea of survival in the face of hostile elements.
Transcendentalism
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Cooper: He would have agreed with Thoreau's way of living. Cooper believed in a simple way of living and preserving the natural surroundings.
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ReplyDeleteHenry David was also a great leader in transcendentalism! He led this movement with great passion and helped support in the leadership of transcendentalism.
Melville: Henry David Thoreau, you are a lifelong abolitionist and a leader of the Transcendentalist Movement. That means we both agree slavery is wrong just in slightly different ways. You believe slavery is wrong altogether, where I believe slavery will result in severe violence for our country. We both also understand there is no limit to the mind’s improvement.
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