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Essays 61 - 90
understand that Thoreau would believe that poets contribute a great deal. Hence, it is understandable why he makes such claims. Fi...
States and among philosophers in general. While this background was largely unnecessary from the perspective of many of the retre...
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...
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...
order to focus on that which is most important not only in sustaining an individuals own life, but can make a positive difference ...
(Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass An American Slave, 2001 and See Also Thoreau, 1993). This comparative essay examines ...
In eight pages this paper discusses the US voluntary 'Great Migration' and Kosovo's forced migration....
In five pages the historical definitions of responsibility and freedom and how they have changed are featured in the works 'A Mode...
In 5 pages this paper examines the reactions to public school prayer by this trio of social philosophers and what advice each woul...
In three pages 'Song of Myself' by Walt Whitman is contrasted and compared with Thoreau's Transcendentalist writing in 'Economy an...
In five pages this paper examines the similarities and differences in the peace teachings and writings of Thoreau, Gandhi, and Kin...
gets. If anything Thoreau gives us an emotional warning, He who gives himself entirely to his fellow men appears to them useles...
In five pages this paper discusses Thoreau's perspectives on civil disobedience as represented in his essay of the same name. Thr...
In five pages this report examines 'Self Reliance' by Emerson and Walden by Thoreau within the context of the genius perspective. ...
as Thoreau gets. If anything Thoreau gives us a warning about excessive public involvement: He who gives himself entirely to hi...
In five pages this paper examines the ideological differences between Jefferson's and Thoreau's views regarding the citizen and th...
In 5 pages these influential 19th century authors are examined within the context of their writings 'Preface to Leaves of Grass,' ...
This paper examines the importance of being able to apply the teachings found in great literary works such as those of Thoreau and...
at Concord Academy (1828-33), and at Harvard University, graduating in 1837" (Anonymous Henry D(avid) Thoreau (1817-1862) thoreau....
pleas, Socrates will not hear of any escape plans. He points out that, even though the sentence was unjust, it was perfectly legal...
respond to and voice his opinions regarding the political events and developments of his time in England, but with a vision for th...
challenged mankinds very conscience. He retreated to Walden Pond in order to refresh his own character and to effectively remove ...
emphasized the importance of self reliance. Both Emerson and Thoreau are remembered for their philosophies that encapsulate...
2002, p. 125). As this suggests, philosophically, Thoreau carried little for the present and his aspiration was for his writing ...
a mirror which no stone can crack, whose quicksilver will never wear off, whose gilding Nature continually repairs" (Thoreau 188)....
perhaps argue that Thoreau was not a great supporter of government rule, and that anarchy was perhaps the most desirable goal, ass...