SEARCH RESULTS

theirs. Thoreau wanted to follow natures example, to "see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, ...

of America in its beginnings and resulted in the development of a genre that has come to be known as transcendentalist literature....

between the citizen and the government? Throughout the ages many great men have spouted views on politics regarding the role of ...

In fourteen pages this paper contrasts and compares modern policies and approaches to land management with the concepts and views ...

on other writers who were to follow them. However, just as Emerson did not express his philosophy in the same way as Thoreau, foll...

In six pages this paper examines how just law and unjust law are conceptualized in 'Letter from a Birmingham Jail' by Martin Luthe...

rejection of the American dream likely came before he had embarked on this personal journey. He had some insight into the problem ...

In six pages this paper discusses how the self reliance philosophy was conceptualized in a contrast and comparison of the perspect...

This paper consists of five pages and discusses the element of satire that exists within Walden by Henry David Thoreau. There is ...

In five pages this paper examines the influence of the creative outsider in America in a consideration of the texts My Antonia by ...

public inconveniencey, it is the will of God... that the established government be obeyed--and no longer" (1755). Christ was also...

Americas historical experience with race, ethnicity, and/or gender. Who could be more appropriate for this task than one of our c...

as a perfectly legal act, but because the State was made up of "neighobours," who in private conversations with him said they supp...

that it was necessary to vote. He felt that it was not the duty of the individual to try to make governments better or to try to...

to be called "transcendentalism" (5). The individuals who wrote about this faculty referred to it by different names -- e.g., "sp...

"That government is best which governs least....For government is an expedient by which men would...

diet preference and sexual activity. Two classic works are extremely useful in allowing us to understand the role of societ...

in the goodness of man and the mans natural state is in nature and is burdened by civilization (Campbell). The doctrine of sensibi...

He describes, for instance, the different kinds of activities which he undertakes in the course...

be? soliloquy that we are allowed an insight into the extent of his grief and suicidal tendencies, and in O, what a rogue and peas...

a serious subject for examination. Unjust Laws Exist Thoreau had chosen to life that was in some respects that of a recluse an...

to the role of an international statesman; through his efforts, he ultimately ended up as a role model for many American youths wh...

truly fulfilled, and in fact he likens this fulfillment to a nearly spiritual ideal. On the other hand, there was...

that he was "in haste" to buy it before the owner finished making any more "improvements," i.e. changes that Thoreau implies he hi...

best and brightest citizens." After the candidates shake hands, the moderator presented the first topic for debate, that of taxat...

States and among philosophers in general. While this background was largely unnecessary from the perspective of many of the retre...

garnered from the ideals of Thoreau as well (Scholastic). In light of these facts it is clear that King was not only influenced di...

complexities that can be lived without. This sort of perspective is further seen in a statement in his work wherein he sta...

This paper considers the words to the patriotic song America the Beautiful then compares Katherine Bates ideas enunciated in the s...

a famous series of protest letters under the name of "M.B. Drapier." While his identity as the letter-writer was known throughout ...