Thoreaus Civil Disobedience & Why it Matters Today
Mitch Jeserich reads from Thoreau\u2019s Essay Civil Disobedience.\nHenry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817\xa0\u2013 May 6, 1862) was an American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher.\xa0A leading\xa0transcendentalist, he is best known for his book\xa0Walden, a reflection upon\xa0simple living\xa0in natural surroundings, and his essay \u201cCivil Disobedience\u201d (originally published as \u201cResistance to Civil Government\u201d), an argument in favor of citizen disobedience against an unjust state.\n\n\xa0\nThank-you gifts:\n On Thoreau: Nature & Duty Pack $180\nIncludes: The American Transcendentalists by Lawrence Buell and\nThe Daily Henry David Thoreau by Laura Dassow Walls\n\n\u2013 The American Transcendentalists: Essential Writings\xa0Edited by the scholar Lawrence Buell $100\n\n\u2013 The Daily Henry David Thoreau: A Year of Quotes from the Man Who Lived in Season Foreword by Laura Dassow Walls $100\n\n\nThe post Thoreau\u2019s Civil Disobedience & Why it Matters Today appeared first on KPFA.