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    Tim St. Amour Mrs. McKenny English 10 Honors May 15‚ 2000 Transcendentalism and Ralph Waldo Emerson So what is Transcendentalism anyway and how have men ’s thoughts and outlooks been able make it what it is remembered as? I. Ralph Waldo Emerson A. Emerson ’s Life 1. Childhood 2. Adulthood B. Emerson ’s thoughts and views 1. Thoughts on resolutions 2. Views of people 3. Feelings about the universe and soul II. Transcendentalism A. History 1. When it occurred

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    ITM 501 Module 1 Case Assignment By Social Technical Theory in Knowledge Management May 20‚ 2010 Henry David Thoreau once said‚ “True friendship can afford true knowledge. It does not depend on darkness and ignorance”. (Lewis 2006) If we look at friendship as an organization‚ and relationships within‚ you will find that Thoreau’s statement is relevant to knowledge management. Information sharing between divisions‚ branches‚ and individuals is critical to the success of all

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    the Universal Being circulate through me; I am part or particle of God." (Cromphout 210) Emerson tapped into an experience of non-being‚ connecting on a purely spiritual level through nature‚ without need of church or religion. Equally famed is Henry David Thoreau’s work Walden. In this classic‚ Thoreau captures the spirit of nature‚ solitude‚ and finding joy in both. As an experiment‚ Thoreau left society and went to live in a cabin on Walden Pond. In this famous statement‚ Thoreau sums up the

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    ranscendentalist Essay “Live life to the fullest.” This quote by Ernest Hemingway was made after the era of transcendentalism‚ but I believe that the idea came from the transcendentalists. In Walden‚ by Henry David Thoreau‚ he writes “I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life‚ to live so sturdily and Spartanlike as to put to rout all that was not life‚” Among Transcendentalists’ core beliefs was an ideal spiritual state that ’transcends’ the physical and empirical and is only realized

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    John Krakauer‚ Into the Wild: Philosophical Journey or Suicidal Folly? Compared with oriental people’s implicit quest for freedom and truth‚ people in western countries are more direct which means that they pursue their goals through practice. The book‚ Into the Wild‚ tells a story about a guy who had a philosophical journey. The book shows a process of a person’s spiritual growth: from the yearning for the absolute freedom‚ a kind of irrepressible impulse and force‚ to the yearning for

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    Ralph Waldo Emerson is an author who came up with the idea of transcendentalism. He also was a mentor to another famous Transcendentalist named Henry David Thoreau. Nut what is transcendentalism? Transcendentalism itself is the idea of living simply‚ living in nature‚ individualism over group‚ and self-reliance. Transcendentalism has affected the lives of many people‚ such as Gandhi‚ a major freedom fighter from India who helped defeat the British army without so much as picking up a weapon. There

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    Nature is such a beautiful place Life is getting hard and expensive as the years are passing by. The prices on food‚ and other utility prices are going up. People have school‚ work and a family to look out for and do not have the time to enjoy the simple things in life that earth has to offer which is nature. In the essay of “An entrance to the Woods” Wendell Berry. He admits to living such a fast paste of life that is hard to come back down to the ground and enjoy what is in front of him

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    citizens’ natural right to be free? The ideas from Niccolo Machiavelli‚ an Italian aristocrat‚ who published "The Prince" in 1513 for a Medici prince as a guideline on how to rule a country‚ gives a conservative approach to how one should govern. Henry David Thoreau’s "Civil Disobedience" published in 1849‚ offers a liberal approach on how one should be governed. Machiavelli stresses the importance of maintaining order while Thoreau suggests reform. Although their views are different both men approach

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    Unit 3: Civil Rights‚ Citizenship‚ and Civic Participation This Unit Activity will help you meet these educational goals: Inquiry Skills—You will identify and analyze real-world public problems‚ contribute appropriately to public deliberations‚ evaluate and use evidence‚ develop explanations and make persuasive arguments in support of your conclusions‚ and communicate your conclusions. 21st Century Skills—you will employ online tools for research and analysis‚ use critical-thinking and problem-solving

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    Civil disobedience is defined as the refusal to obey certain laws or government demands for the sole purpose of influencing legislation or government policy‚ generally characterized by the use of nonviolent techniques such as boycotting‚ picketing‚ and nonpayment of taxes. The use of nonviolent disobedience has run throughout world history; however‚ a major question posed is: are we morally obligated to obey even the unjust laws? In order to properly discuss that of civil disobedience and whether

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