Walden (Olymp Classics) - formato ePub

Walden es un ensayo, publicado en 1854, cuyo autor es Henry David Thoreau, y constituye uno de los textos de no ficción más famosos escritos por un estadounidense.

En Primavera reunimos, compilados por Peter Saint-André, fragmentos de distintas fuentes (principalmente de sus diarios), en los que Henry David Thoreau reflexiona, entre marzo y junio, sobre las particularidades...

Un filósofo anarquista que rechazó todo poder capaz de someter al hombre, eligió la vida en los bosques y planteó el derecho una revolución pacífica con la negación al pago de impuestos. La defensa apasionada...

Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) nació en Concord, Massachusetts, y estudió en Harvard. Seguidor y amigo de Emerson se definió a sí mismo como un místico, un trascendentalista y un filósofo de la naturaleza....

Originalmente publicado en 1854, Walden; o, Life in the Woods, es un vívido relato del tiempo que Henry D. Thoreau vivió solo en una cabaña aislada en Walden Pond. Es uno de los libros más influyentes...

La desobediencia civil es el título de una conferencia escrita por Henry David Thoreau que se publicó en 1849. En este escrito Thoreau explica los principios básicos de la desobediencia civil que él mismo...

Escrito para la mayoría de los hombres descontentos con su vida, pero que creen poder mejorarla", dice Thoreau sobre uno de los ensayos que conforman este libro. El autor, defensor incansable de la...

El ensayo del filósofo, escritor y poeta estadounidense Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) Una Vida sin Principios (Life Without Principle), que originalmente se llamó What Shall it Profit, fue una conferencia...

Una vida salvaje y desobediente es tanto una selección como una introducción a una obra que se ramifica a través de otros libros, escritos y biografías. Contiene acaso el ensayo más famoso de Thoreau,...

La producción del estadounidense Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862) continúa de vigente actualidad, a pesar de los años transcurridos. Presentamos al lector su Desobediencia civil publicada en 1849 que...

La presente edición es el primer recorrido completo por la dimensión espiritual del «filósofo salvaje» que rechazó el saber museístico y la mera acumulación de conocimientos que no pasan por una conciencia...

En Verano reunimos, compilados por Peter Saint-André, fragmentos de distintas fuentes (principalmente de sus diarios), en los que Henry David Thoreau reflexiona, entre junio y septiembre, sobre los fenómenos...

Walden es un ensayo, publicado en 1854, cuyo autor es Henry David Thoreau, y constituye uno de los textos de no ficción más famosos escritos por un estadounidense.

Walden es un ensayo, publicado en 1854, cuyo autor es Henry David Thoreau, y constituye uno de los textos de no ficción más famosos escritos por un estadounidense.

En Otoño reunimos, compilados por Peter Saint-André, fragmentos de distintas fuentes (principalmente de sus diarios), en los que Henry David Thoreau reflexiona, entre septiembre y noviembre, sobre las...

En Invierno reunimos, compilados por Peter Saint-André, fragmentos de distintas fuentes (principalmente de sus diarios), en los que Henry David Thoreau reflexiona, entre diciembre y febrero, sobre los...

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