walden

[travis]

you people need to understand that he's writing from a completely different view than yourselves. he's making the same points as another great man named jefferson.... who stresses independence, once you become dependent on other people you have lost power. the acquiring of these material possessions will lead to the corruption and destruction of a society.

[lebby64]

you mean thomas jefferson??

i know that's a dumb question, but there are lots of jeffersons !

[chmpman]

I assume that's what he meant. But I doubt you'll get a reply. I was curious who he was referring to as 'you people'. I don't think he was writing from a 'completely different view', just one definitely outside the mainstream. Anyhow, what I've read of Walden I liked a lot although I have yet to finish it, we only read an excerpt for a class I took.