In questo saggio Thoreau condanna apertamente le scelte del governo statunitense, in particolare la permissione della schiavitù e la guerra espansionistica contro il...
Disobbedienza Civile
“Manuale” di protesta sociale pacifica La fama di questo saggio è cresciuta soprattutto nel corso del ventesimo secolo: ignorato alla sua uscita, ha influenzato...
Disobbedienza Civile
Il tema centrale di questo scritto è la preponderanza data al diritto rispetto alla legge: pur di seguire ciò che la propria coscienza individuale ritiene giusto...
Essays Of Henry David Thoreau - Walking
Thoreau challenges us will understand that man is part of nature, man being one of the most important aspects of its manifestation. Walking was originally submitted in one of his...
Forcing Justice: Violence And Nonviolence In Selected Texts By Thoreau And Gandhi
Can justice be forced on individuals and communities? The essays in this collection by Henry David Thoreau urge us to consider the difficult matter of how to counter the specific...
Wild Apples
It is remarkable how closely the history of the Apple-tree is connected with that of man. The geologist tells us that the order of the Rosaceae, which includes the Apple, also the...
Walking
Walking is a lecture by Henry David Thoreau first delivered at the Concord Lyceum on April 23, 1851.Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817 – May 6, 1862) was an American...
Civil Disobedience
Civil Disobedience is an essay by American transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau that was first published in 1849. In it, Thoreau argues that individuals should not permit...
Walden A Life In The Woods
Walden was frst published in 1854 by American transcendentalist writer Henry David Thoreau. The text is a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings. The work is part...
On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience
In Civil Disobedience Thoreau argues that individuals should not permit governments to overrule or atrophy their consciences, and that they have a duty to avoid allowing such...
