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In five pages this paper examines the similarities and differences in the peace teachings and writings of Thoreau, Gandhi, and Kin...

In seven pages this paper examines political and economic freedom in a consideration of the perspectives of Benjamin Franklin, Ale...

In eleven pages this paper considers Benjamin Franklin's perspectives on society and self in comparison with the views of Thomas H...

Using these two authors as our information base, we might say that one, in light of our life today, chose an unrealistic goal. The...

a serious subject for examination. Unjust Laws Exist Thoreau had chosen to life that was in some respects that of a recluse an...

He describes, for instance, the different kinds of activities which he undertakes in the course...

be? soliloquy that we are allowed an insight into the extent of his grief and suicidal tendencies, and in O, what a rogue and peas...

theirs. Thoreau wanted to follow natures example, to "see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, ...

This paper examines the importance of being able to apply the teachings found in great literary works such as those of Thoreau and...

as a perfectly legal act, but because the State was made up of "neighobours," who in private conversations with him said they supp...

silence and contemplation and it was just this sort of thing that Thoreau was seeking and thus details are an intricate part of hi...

that regards Walden as the "story of a person who traded a flawed reality for an idealistic, isolated sanctuary" (845). A close re...

public inconveniencey, it is the will of God... that the established government be obeyed--and no longer" (1755). Christ was also...

understand that Thoreau would believe that poets contribute a great deal. Hence, it is understandable why he makes such claims. Fi...

States and among philosophers in general. While this background was largely unnecessary from the perspective of many of the retre...

best and brightest citizens." After the candidates shake hands, the moderator presented the first topic for debate, that of taxat...

Malcolm X who had such ideas, and his concept had nothing to do with changing class problems, but with race. The notion that soci...

that he was "in haste" to buy it before the owner finished making any more "improvements," i.e. changes that Thoreau implies he hi...

punishes her by labeling her with the letter "A" and through social ostracism. Thoreaus argument with the state in "Civil Disobe...

"That government is best which governs least....For government is an expedient by which men would...

diet preference and sexual activity. Two classic works are extremely useful in allowing us to understand the role of societ...

that it was necessary to vote. He felt that it was not the duty of the individual to try to make governments better or to try to...

446). Since it has only been around fifteen years since the land was cleared, Thoreau judges that the soil should still be rich, s...

to mean that it is weak or ineffective. Thoreaus observations of his own inner life, the life of the pond, and the life of all of ...

point out that the little bit of nature that is left is being consistently squeezed out and pesticides spread beyond the crops the...

from what was ostensibly a civilized society, ultimately finding how solitude became one of his closest friends. "I find it whole...

garnered from the ideals of Thoreau as well (Scholastic). In light of these facts it is clear that King was not only influenced di...

is it essential for human flourishing? The online edition of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary [http://www.merriam-webster.com] defin...

equated with worth. Work is the standard by which the content of ones character is judged. There is a pervasive conception that in...

This paper considers the words to the patriotic song America the Beautiful then compares Katherine Bates ideas enunciated in the s...