The philosophy of Henry Thoreau : ethics, politics, and nature / Lester H. Hunt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hunt, Lester H., 1946- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862--Criticism and interpretation.

Thoreau, Henry David.

Thoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862--Philosophy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (185 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2019.

Summary:

"Henry Thoreau is widely considered to be one of the greatest nature writers, among whose best-known works are Walden and Walking. In this book, Lester Hunt shows that his writings have a compelling philosophical dimension as well. Thoreau seldom argues for his ideas the way other philosophers do. Rather than setting up proofs designed to trap the reader into agreeing with him, he challenges the reader -- by means of narratives, jokes, questions, and paradoxes -- to recognize possibilities previously unknown and unexplored. Thoreau's own explorations led him to several distinctively philosophical theories: an intuitionist metaethics, an ethics based on virtue and self-realization, a politics that is fundamentally individualist and anarchist, and a secular religion in which nature is pre-eminent."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Preface

1. Politics

2. Walden and Its Logic

3. Knowing Right from Wrong

4. Thoreau's Nature Mysticism

Appendix: Analogical Argument

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-162) and index.

ISBN:

9781350079052

1350079057

9781350079038

1350079030

OCLC:

1166429193