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Thoreau's living ethics : Walden and the pursuit of virtue

Presents an account of Henry Thoreau's ethical philosophy. This book situates Thoreau within a long tradition of ethical thinking in the West, from the ancients to the Romantics. It shows Thoreau grappling with important ethical questions that agitated his own society and discusses his value for those seeking to understand the ethical issues.
Print Book, English, 2004
University of Georgia Press, Athens, Ga., 2004
xii, 272 pages ; 23 cm
9780820328430, 082032843X
1120893575
Challenge
Life
Virtue
Economy
Solitude and Society
Nature
Politics
Foundations
Death