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<p><P>Thoreau developed ideas fundamental to ecology fifty years before that word was coined. He called for a science that would join man and nature-a "conscience," a moral knowledge founded on material faith.</p> <h3>Library Journal</h3> <p>Sponsored by the Thoreau Society, this trio of conveniently pocket-sized volumes, each with a fresh and authoritative foreword, makes an ideal introduction to the Transcendental naturalist of Concord. The selections in each go beyond predictable snippets from Walden, encompassing nuggets mined from both the familiar and remotest reaches of Thoreau's journals--all a joy to read and ponder. Among the three topics, readers may be best acquainted with Harvard graduate Thoreau's far-sighted views on real education as an unending, hands-on pursuit--here illuminated by his views on science and mountains. Long thought, after his death, to be merely a scrupulous collector of facts and measurements, Thoreau was in fact a self-proclaimed mystic who worried that his increasingly frequent brushes with scientific objectivity were threatening his commitment to a life of poetry and principle. These three slim volumes are highly recommended for all nonacademic

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Author

Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862; Walls, Laura Dassow

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

Published

1999

Language

EN

ISBN

9780395948002

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Science

Rating

4 / 5 (1 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14