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This 4 page paper discusses the approaches Thoreau and Huxley take to the search for wisdom. It discusses their books "Walden" and "Brave New World," how their techniques are the same and how they differ, and which approach is better. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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as a philosopher while Huxleys reputation rests on his writing. This paper discusses how each approached the search for wisdom; how their approaches differ and in what respects they are
the same; and which is better. Discussion Thoreau was a student of transcendentalism, a philosophical and literary tradition that is generally believed to have begun with Ralph Waldo Emerson and
others in 19th century New England (Transcendentalism). Although trying to define any philosophy is tricky, transcendentalism is usually thought of as a philosophy of nature; that is, nature is a
"source of human inspiration" and the relationship between nature and human intuition is very important" (Transcendentalism). Thoreau knew Emerson well and was surely influenced by his thinking, so that he
attempted his great experiment of living alone in the woods. Its obvious that he wanted to become truly connected to nature in a way that is not possible for a
city dweller. He lived at Walden Pond for 26 months, though not in total isolation as is sometimes thought; and the record he left of his meditations and the discoveries
he made about himself and about humanity and its connection to the natural world is a classic of observation. Walden is a gentle book, but that should not be construed
to mean that it is weak or ineffective. Thoreaus observations of his own inner life, the life of the pond, and the life of all of humanity are exhilarating to
read-and sobering as well. It is Thoreau who says, "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation" (Thoreau, 1960, p. 10). In that one sentence, he puts his finger
on one of the great truths of human experience: that we never really succeed to the degree we hope to, and in many cases, our entire lives are consumed in
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