With their call for "simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!”, for self-honesty, and for harmony with nature, the writings of Henry David Thoreau are perhaps the most influential philosophical works in all American literature.
The selections in this volume represent Thoreau at his best. Included in their entirety are Walden, his indisputable masterpiece, and his two great arguments...
With their call for "simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!”, for self-honesty, and for harmony with nature, the writings of Henry David Thoreau are perhaps the most influential philosophical works in all American literature.
The selections in this volume represent Thoreau at his best. Included in their entirety are Walden, his indisputable masterpiece, and his two great arguments for nonconformity, Civil Disobedience and Life Without Principle. A lifetime of brilliant observation of nature--and of himself--is recorded in selections from A Week On The Concord And Merrimack Rivers, Cape Cod, The Maine Woods and The Journal.
The lesson he had taught himself, and which he tried to teach others, was summed up in the one word "Simplify". That meant: simplify the outward circumstances of your life; simplify your needs and your ambitions; learn to delight in the simple pleasures which the world of Nature affords. It meant also: scorn public opinion; refuse to accept the common definitions of success; refuse to be moved by the judgement of others. And unlike most who advocate such attitudes, he put them into practice. (查看原文)
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0 有用 捡石头的村童 2014-05-28 13:42:42
想起了家乡的恒山草堂； 美国的陶渊明； 挥一挥衣袖，逃离城市的冲动。
0 有用 皇明太子 2012-12-07 16:26:58
向往的宁静的生活，一次心灵的洗礼。
0 有用 Emanuelle 2014-04-17 19:26:55
walden 不错哦，直到他开始琐碎的算账
0 有用 Truman 2012-07-09 09:24:53
喜欢这个封面。
0 有用 iS 2012-03-25 11:22:55
梭罗真是个奇男子~