Лучшие произведения Генри Дэвида Торо

Впервые прочитано в качестве лекции не ранее 1854 года под заглавием «Getting a Living, or, What Shall It Profit a Man if He Gain the Whole World and Lose His Own Soul». Опубликовано посмертно в Atlantic Monthly, осенью 1863 г. Перевод сделан по изданию: Thoreau H.D.Writings, Boston, 1906, vol. 4.

"Истина поражает нас сзади и в темноте, а также спереди и среди бела дня. Одно мгновение безмятежной, исполненной надежд жизни прекраснее целой героической кампании. Мы должны быть готовы ко всему, не смея умереть, но смея жить. Мужественные люди видят своего союзника даже в опасности."

Philosopher, naturalist, poet and rugged individualist, Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862) has inspired generations of readers to think for themselves, to follow the dictates of their own conscience and to make an art of their lives. This representative sampling of his thought includes five of his most frequently cited and read essays: «Civil Disobedience,» his most powerful and influential political essay, exalts the law of conscience over civil law. «Life without Principle» distills the essence of Thoreau's philosophy of self-reliance and individualism. «Slavery in Massachusetts» is a searing attack on government condonation of slavery. «A…

First delivered as a lecture in 1851, “Walking” is the seminal work on Transcendental philosophy by American author and essayist Henry David Thoreau. Sometimes referred to as “The Wild”, it was Thoreau’s favorite speech and he gave the lecture several more times over the next decade as he refined and expanded his ideas. The final version of this influential essay was published in the “Atlantic Monthly” in 1862 after his death. In “Walking”, Thoreau explains how important nature is to the survival and health of people and how further away modern life is taking people from it. Thoreau viewed walking as a spiritual activity that must be done…

Under Emerson's influence, Thoreau developed reformist ideas. On July 4, 1845, Independence Day , Thoreau moved into a self-built log cabin (Walden Hut) near Concord on Lake Walden on a property in Emerson. Here he lived alone and independently for about two years, but not isolated. In his work Walden . Or Life in the Woods – he described his simple lifeat the lake and its nature and also integrated topics such as economy and society. The «Walden» experiment made it clear to Thoreau that six weeks of wage labor a year is enough to make a living.

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This comprehensive eBook presents the complete works or all the significant works – the Œuvre – of this famous and brilliant writer in one ebook – easy-to-read and easy-to-navigate: • Walden, and On The Duty Of Civil Disobedience • On the Duty of Civil Disobedience • Walking • The Oxford Book of American Essays • Walden • Cape Cod • The Maine Woods • Canoeing in the wilderness • A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers • Excursions • Wild Apples • A Plea for Captain John Brown • Excursions and Poems • The Writings of, Volume VI, Familiar Letters • A YANKEE IN CANADA • CONCORD TO MONTREAL • QUEBEC AND MONTMORENCI • ST.…