![]() ![]() Thoreau was motivated in part by his disgust with slavery and the Mexican-American War. Civil Disobedience is an essay that 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. ![]() Simple living and self-sufficiency were Thoreau's other goals, and the whole project was inspired by transcendentalist philosophy, a central theme of the American Romantic Period. By immersing himself in nature, Thoreau hoped to gain a more objective understanding of society through personal introspection. It details Thoreau's experiences over the course of two years in a cabin he built near Walden Pond. The work is part personal declaration of independence, social experiment, voyage of spiritual discovery, satire, and manual for self reliance. ![]()
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