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Philosophy

rrneck

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7. I've always liked Thoreau.

Reply to Tuesday Afternoon (Original post)

Sun Jul 28, 2013, 01:17 PM

Jul 2013

Walden was an exercise in "applied ideology".

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I barely remember studying him libodem Jul 2013 #1

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I do libodem Jul 2013 #3

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I would just point out that he was able to lead the simple life at Walden Fortinbras Armstrong Jul 2013 #5

ah - yes Tuesday Afternoon Jul 2013 #6

I've always liked Thoreau. rrneck Jul 2013 #7

How often can that happen in today's real world? Tuesday Afternoon Jul 2013 #8

I expect it's doable but very difficult. rrneck Jul 2013 #9

Who'd've thought wiki could produce such eloquence! delrem Aug 2013 #10

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