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3.48 AVERAGE
3.48 AVERAGE
as i have said, methinks perchance i hate the government
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
Real rating - 2.5
I'm conflicted on this one. Here and there are some genuinely interesting notions, but they get lost in a parade of Thoreau's elitism. He just goes on and on about how special he is and how lost other people are. A lot of the text is dedicated to mere personal preferences. He doesn't really build a case for a naturalistic or wild lifestyle, he just talks about how much he likes that kind of stuff and how much he detests towns and civilization.
In that way, this book is probably going to be enjoyable for people who already share his mindset. Even then, I don't think there is much of substance to be found here.
Sometimes Thoreau says something that really hits home, and it's moments like these that redeem the book for me. The lines concerning private property specifically caught my attention. I'd been feeling similarly and he expressed exactly that feeling. I also can't help but praise how well written this is. While it lacks substance, this is overflowing with style. It doesn't save the book, but it does make it extremely readable.
I've seen other people say that Walden is just this, but better. I haven't read Walden yet, but if you are interested in this book, I'll defer to their judgment and say to just read Walden.
I'm conflicted on this one. Here and there are some genuinely interesting notions, but they get lost in a parade of Thoreau's elitism. He just goes on and on about how special he is and how lost other people are. A lot of the text is dedicated to mere personal preferences. He doesn't really build a case for a naturalistic or wild lifestyle, he just talks about how much he likes that kind of stuff and how much he detests towns and civilization.
In that way, this book is probably going to be enjoyable for people who already share his mindset. Even then, I don't think there is much of substance to be found here.
Sometimes Thoreau says something that really hits home, and it's moments like these that redeem the book for me. The lines concerning private property specifically caught my attention. I'd been feeling similarly and he expressed exactly that feeling. I also can't help but praise how well written this is. While it lacks substance, this is overflowing with style. It doesn't save the book, but it does make it extremely readable.
I've seen other people say that Walden is just this, but better. I haven't read Walden yet, but if you are interested in this book, I'll defer to their judgment and say to just read Walden.
Thoureau’s books always manage to be classics while so up to date and relevant in our present reality of climate change and environmental urgency. His love for nature is touching and enlightening. In this particular book/speach he talks about the need and benefits of walking. In Nature. Not absentminded but with purpose. Observing, not just watching. There are still so many lessons to be learned from mother nature and from this book.
reflective
slow-paced
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
I really enjoyed this essay from Thoreau. Insightful, poignant and yet surprisingly easy to read due to his style of writing. It wouldn't be out of place in a current issue of the Atlantic. In fact as our lives get busier and more hectic this essay remains as relevant today as it was in mid 1800's.
henry, henry, henry. what an intriguing man with so many thoughts on the way life should be lived. most i agree with wholeheartedly, some are so concerning that i don’t know how he could have come up with them.
adventurous
lighthearted
relaxing
slow-paced
Thoreau longs for drone surveillance if only to greater appreciate the Lord’s broad strokes. This isn’t about the peripatetic but rather serial dualities. You know, worlds Old and New. Farmers and Poets, testaments to all things green, at least greenish.