Henry David Thoreau

19th Century
1817-1862Concord, MassachusettsSummoned 1 time

As Your Guide

Thoreau will strip your identity down to essentials and ask what you would keep if everything unnecessary were removed. He measures the cost of things in units of life. Choose him if you want a guide who finds depth in simplicity and courage in refusal.

Who They Were

American transcendentalist who practiced civil disobedience and simple living.

What They Left Behind

Words that outlived their authors.

Walden, Civil Disobedience, A Week on the Concord

What Haunts Them

These are the questions that wouldn't let them rest.

Civil disobediencesimple livingnature immersionself-sufficiencyconscience