He skips the heaviest part of the Essay....when Thoreau holds soldiers accountable for not exercising their conscious....painful but absolutely important in these modern times.
Thank god for this. I have to read this paper tomorrow, and with the *excessive* use of commas, I had no idea what inflection to read many sentences with.
I'd love for him to do some lectures or podcasts on philosophy, and environmental issues. Heck, I want to hear him reading poetry! Or: if he has done any of the above already, I'd love to know where I might download them.
@Rycc1300 Thoreau was quite specific about NOT being an anarchist. He says in paragraph 3 of "Civil Disobedience" that he is not one of those "no-government men." Thoreau was a libertarian, before libertarians-as-such existed.
His name is pronounced "Thorough" NOT "Thor-eau" and when it was published in 1849 it was called "Resistance to Civil Government" NOT "Civil Disobedience."
@AndrewRayGorman You are mistaken. The collectivism advocated by socialists is anathema to the libertarian. Thoreau himself, as a transcendentalist, argued for the supremacy and the genius of the unaffiliated individual man. Thoreau was in no sense a collectivist or a "joiner". He says as much in "Civil Disobedience": I, Henry Thoreau, do not wish to be regarded as a member of any incorporated society which I have not joined.” Socialism as such is a 20th century creed anyway.
Thoreau felt about slavery the way the present day anti-abortionists feel. He had courage and heart. He knew what the higher law is and what low creatures we are to enshrine wickedness in law. He was a friend and eulogized John Brown. He was a man of courage and knew that when what was right was trampled by law, sometimes force was necessary.
My assumption is that they're directing this at the Bush admin, particularly regarding the Iraq war. I don't necessarily disagree. What I want to impress on ne1 who might read this is that THE OBAMA ADMIN IS NOT MAKING THINGS ANY BETTER. Obama wants to bring hope, and that's great, but Dems - esp this Dem - only work to make the govt BIGGER! Reps aren't much better these days, but bottom line, our govt gets more amoral and disconnected from us every day, and we need to work to rein them in FAST!
@@donaldtenn8225 This is slightly fascinating for me to read so many years later - ways in which my thinking has changed and hasn’t. Frankly, now, Republicans have proven, as a party, to be SO blatantly, obsequiously in favor of big government that, if we’re going to have big government no matter what, I’d rather support the kind of big government espoused by those who would attempt to wield the unwieldy toward the goals of universal medicine, childcare, eduction, etc. And that, for better or worse, is inescapably the Democrats right now… or at least some of them 😖🤷🏼♂️😖 Anyway, there are two more of my cents, over a decade later 😳 lol/smh
The hulk get class concious and smash the burgueosie
I LOVE this play thank you Mark Ruffalo for reading this.
Thanks for spreading this
He skips the heaviest part of the Essay....when Thoreau holds soldiers accountable for not exercising their conscious....painful but absolutely important in these modern times.
He should do books on CD! That would be an amazing voice to listen to for hours! :D
Thank god for this. I have to read this paper tomorrow, and with the *excessive* use of commas, I had no idea what inflection to read many sentences with.
This is a great reading of Thoreau and has been added to my favorites.
Thanks Mark, Wish you would have shared this with us at #Fathers4Justice back on May 13, 2008.
Ge is amazing. It made me listen over and over to truly understand it for my school project. Only made me like it more.
@spiderhgoodlegs You made my class worth going to.
I'd love for him to do some lectures or podcasts on philosophy, and environmental issues. Heck, I want to hear him reading poetry! Or: if he has done any of the above already, I'd love to know where I might download them.
Wow, yet another reason why I love this man
@eliezerberry Thoreau was an individualist anarchist...
@Rycc1300 Thoreau was quite specific about NOT being an anarchist. He says in paragraph 3 of "Civil Disobedience" that he is not one of those "no-government men."
Thoreau was a libertarian, before libertarians-as-such existed.
I gave my son the middle name of 'Thoreau'
very well read thoreau applys well to the times we live in
'He who receives a favor has sold his liberty'.
Can he just read to me all my class work..please!
His name is pronounced "Thorough" NOT "Thor-eau" and when it was published in 1849 it was called "Resistance to Civil Government" NOT "Civil Disobedience."
@AndrewRayGorman You are mistaken.
The collectivism advocated by socialists is anathema to the libertarian. Thoreau himself, as a transcendentalist, argued for the supremacy and the genius of the unaffiliated individual man. Thoreau was in no sense a collectivist or a "joiner". He says as much in "Civil Disobedience": I, Henry Thoreau, do not wish to be regarded as a member of any incorporated society which I have not joined.”
Socialism as such is a 20th century creed anyway.
Thoreau felt about slavery the way the present day anti-abortionists feel. He had courage and heart. He knew what the higher law is and what low creatures we are to enshrine wickedness in law. He was a friend and eulogized John Brown. He was a man of courage and knew that when what was right was trampled by law, sometimes force was necessary.
My assumption is that they're directing this at the Bush admin, particularly regarding the Iraq war. I don't necessarily disagree. What I want to impress on ne1 who might read this is that THE OBAMA ADMIN IS NOT MAKING THINGS ANY BETTER. Obama wants to bring hope, and that's great, but Dems - esp this Dem - only work to make the govt BIGGER! Reps aren't much better these days, but bottom line, our govt gets more amoral and disconnected from us every day, and we need to work to rein them in FAST!
STILL... even more true today, October 12, 2021
@@donaldtenn8225 This is slightly fascinating for me to read so many years later - ways in which my thinking has changed and hasn’t. Frankly, now, Republicans have proven, as a party, to be SO blatantly, obsequiously in favor of big government that, if we’re going to have big government no matter what, I’d rather support the kind of big government espoused by those who would attempt to wield the unwieldy toward the goals of universal medicine, childcare, eduction, etc. And that, for better or worse, is inescapably the Democrats right now… or at least some of them 😖🤷🏼♂️😖 Anyway, there are two more of my cents, over a decade later 😳 lol/smh
the hulk
with all due respect..."what are you trying to say?"
mark who