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Walden

1854

Henry David Thoreau

One of the all time great American classics on individualism, simple living, and integrity.

Key Points:

The book argues that most people live lives of quiet desperation because they chase status, possessions, and busyness instead of asking what they truly need.
Thoreau treats deliberate simplicity—not poverty—as a technology for freedom: lowering your needs is how you buy back time and sovereignty.
Careful observation of nature becomes a mirror for the inner life; the seasons of the woods parallel cycles of growth, decay, and renewal in the self.
Solitude at the pond is not an escape from society but a way to return to it with clearer values and a more independent mind.
Real progress is measured less by inventions and comforts than by how much they help us live consciously and ethically.

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