![]() ![]() ![]() Thoreau’s belief in acting on principles also gave him a practical attitude toward political violence and helped him make a persuasive case for peaceful revolution. It is grounded in an understanding of nature and a desire to or figure out one’s place within it. Thoreau’s views of wildness and freedom underlie his original and relevant libertarian philosophy. Its goal was personal as well as social regeneration. Thoreau’s life in the Walden Woods, though he was somewhat isolated, was a kind of social experiment that he conducted on himself. It is a place that can bring radical regeneration or even a restructuring of society. It is a place that allows for experimentation. It is a place where a person can discover and renew oneself. ![]() To him, the good life required balancing the civilized and the wild, and his idea of nature informs his idea of liberty.įor Thoreau, the wild holds numerous individual and social benefits. The connection between wildness and freedom is seen throughout Thoreau’s writing. These words are found in his lecture “Walking,” which he delivered numerous times, beginning in 1851. Henry David Thoreau tells us that “all good things are wild and free.” ![]()
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