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"Nel corso della mia vita ho incontrato una o due persone che comprendessero l'arte del camminare, che avessero il genio - così si dice - del vagabondare." Dario Penne, storica voce di Anthony Hopkins e Michael Caine, ci accompagna con la sua lettura nei boschi, nelle valli, nelle paludi, ma soprattutto nel pensiero folgorante e rivoluzionario di Henry David Thoreau.

Wo und wofür lebe ich? Thoreau suchte eine Antwort auf diese Frage und zog sich für zwei Jahre in eine Blockhütte auf dem Waldstück zurück...

Eines jener Bücher, die die Welt verändern: Thoreaus Essay "Über die Pflicht zum Ungehorsam gegen den Staat", den er 1849 aus Protest gegen die amerikanische Eroberungs- und Sklavenpolitik veröffentlichte. Nicht so sehr ein Pamphlet als schlicht große Poesie.

Narrated by award winning narrator Mike Vendetti, Henry David argues that individuals should not permit governments to overrule or atrophy their consciences, and that they have a duty to avoid allowing such acquiescence to enable the government to make them the agents of injustice. Thoreau was motivated in part by his disgust with slavery and the Mexican-American War.

La résistance et la désobéissance civile ? Un sujet toujours d'actualité. De nos jours, les Indignés, les Anonymous, les Zadistes et tant d'autres citoyens engagés et parfois révoltés veulent exprimer leurs convictions citoyennes en s'affranchissant des traditionnels relais politiques, dans un désir de démocratie directe engagée.

An experiment. A declaration. A spiritual awakening. Noted transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau spent two years, two months, and two days chronicling his near-isolation in a small cabin he built in the woods near Walden Pond, on land owned by his mentor and the father of Transcendentalism, Ralph Waldo Emerson. Immersing himself in nature and solitude, Thoreau sought to develop a greater understanding of society amidst a life of self-reliance and simplicity. Originally published in 1854, Walden remains one of the most celebrated works in American literature.

Faith in a Seed contains the hitherto unpublished work "The Dispersion of Seeds", one of Henry D. Thoreau's last important research and writing projects, and now his first new book to appear in 125 years. With the remarkable clarity and grace that characterize all of his writings, Thoreau describes the ecological succession of plant species through seed dispersal.

Very similar in style to Walden, and in fact written while he stayed at Walden Pond, this account chronicles Throeau's 1830 boat trip. In it, he weaves together travel writing, essays on religion, history, and lyrical poetry, as well as his own unique philosophy.

Walden or, "Life in the Woods", is, primarily, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings. Henry David Thoreau kept a journal during his stay in a cabin beside Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts, for two years, two months, and two days, from July 1845 to Sept 1847. The book is based on that journal.

Hear some of the greatest American essays ever written! This unabridged collection covers a multitude of subjects, including philosophy, politics, turkeys, and dogs.

In the early 1850s, Henry David Thoreau took many meditative walks along the coast. In Cape Cod he reflects on these beach-combing trips and the powerful forces of the sea.

An Excursion to Canada is a remarkable work by Thoreau, very different from his other works. Here he becomes an American traveler who shows far greater respect for America than Canada, while explaining the details of the chasm between the Church (Black) and the soldiers (Red) in Quebec that Stendhal pointed out in The Red and the Black in France. Something like DeTocqueville's Democracy in America, but here Canada is the country under the microscope.

In 1849, Henry David Thoreau argued in his essay “Civil Disobedience” that people should not allow governments to overrule or atrophy their consciences, and that people have the right to avoid such submission to permit the government to make them the agents of injustice. Thoreau was partly motivated by his abhorrence with slavery and the Mexican-American War. His work has inspired great leaders such as Mahatma Gandhi, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Martin Buber.

Der Klassiker über das Aussteigerleben und ein radikales Selbstexperiment in der Natur: Der 28-jährige Henry D. Thoreau zog sich 1845 an den Walden-See in eine einsame Waldregion Massachusetts in eine selbstgebaute Blockhütte zurück, um zwei Jahre lang ein Leben fernab der industrialisierten Zivilisation zu leben. Bis heute ist dieses sprachlich versierte Buch, das auf Thoreaus Tagebucheinträgen basiert, für alle interessant, die einen alternativen Lebensstil erstreben.

L'autore di questo audiolibro, che insieme a Ralph Waldo Emerson, viene considerato una delle menti più importanti della cultura nordamericana, è stato filosofo, scrittore, e poeta. Il suo rapporto con la Natura è quasi una religione, e in questo audiolibro, che è il suo più famoso, racconta la sua esperienza di due anni in cui è vissuto in una capanna di tronchi sulle rive del lago Walden.

Im Jahr 1849 schrieb Henry David Thoreau seinen weltberühmten Essay über die "Pflicht zum Ungehorsam gegen den Staat". In diesem stellte er sich außerhalb einer Gesellschaft, die, obwohl auf den Prinzipien der Freiheit und Gleichheit aller gegründet, nicht in der Lage war, die Sklaverei abzuschaffen. Neben "Walden" der wohl berühmteste Text des Eigenbrötlers aus den Wäldern von Massachusetts.

Bli bekant med de viktigaste filosoferna från 1800-talet genom ett noggrant urval av 500 citat som introducerar deras stora idéer och avgränsar strukturen i deras arbete med klarhet. Upptäck nya aspekter eller fördjupa dig i tankarna hos Henry-David Thoreau, Arthur Schopenhauer, Friedrich Nietzsche, Soren Kierkegaard, Ralph Waldo Emerson, för att utvidga ditt sinne och din kunskap om vår kultur.

Bli bekant med de viktigaste amerikanska skrivningarna genom ett noggrant urval av 300 citat som introducerar deras huvudidéer och avgränsar strukturen i deras arbete med tydlighet. Upptäck nya aspekter eller fördjupa dig i tankarna hos Mark Twain, Henry-David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, för att utöka ditt sinne och din kunskap om vår kultur.

Bli bekant med några av de viktigaste politiska filosoferna: Cicero, Confucius, Karl Marx, Tocqueville, Nietszche, Henry-David Thoreau. Dessa siffror har format västerländsk politisk tanke och deras förståelse hjälper dig att förstå strukturen i våra politiska system; gräva djupt in i deras verk och tankar med ett urval av de viktigaste citaten som introducerar deras huvudidéer och avgränsar strukturen i deras arbete med klarhet.

Henry David Thoreau är en populär amerikansk författare, poet och filosof. Han var en livslång förkämpe, anhängare av civil olydnad againts orättvisa eller korrupta goverments och han försvarade tanken att lämna illusoriska saker till förmån för det enkla livet, för att upptäcka autentiska grundläggande behov i livet. Han är mest känd för Walden eller liv i skogen, den bok han skrev under sin tvååriga experiment i minimalistisk levande: byggde sig en stuga i skogen, han stannade där för att studera, skriva och njuta av hans nya gemenskap med naturen.