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On the Duty of Civil Disobedience

Author
Henry David Thoreau
Read by
George Easton
Language
English
Length
50 minutes
ISBN
9781787364981
Published
14 December 2022
Imprint
Adelphi Press
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  • anarchist
  • freedoms
  • liberties
  • human rights
  • political theory

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Henry David Thoreau's essay, On the Duty of Civil Disobedience, is a masterful exploration of the moral imperative to resist unjust laws and unjust governmental systems. By deploying a carefully crafted philosophical argument, Thoreau contends that citizens have an obligation to disobey any law that violates their conscience or enshrines injustice. Read in English, unabridged.

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Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862) wrote Walden and the essay on civil disobedience. A pond becomes a republic of attention: beans, ice, visitors, and the cost of a life measured in hours. Concord was the address; the argument was larger. Twelve titles here. He walked, measured, refused a tax, and made refusal sound like a method. The sentences still send people outdoors, and into argument. He is easier to quote than to follow.

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