Nature is really important because it's a manifestation of love that hasn't been run through human minds. —Ram Dass 33 Nature is not our enemy, to be raped and conquered. Nature is ourselves, to be cherished and explored. —Terence McKenna 27 Nature is the art of God. —Dante Alighier...
Why is Kahlil Gibran important? Why did Jon Krakauer write Into the Wild? Why is Thoreau mad at the government in Civil Disobedience? Why did William Wordsworth write about nature? Why did Henry David Thoreau resist paying taxes? Why did Nathaniel Hawthorne become a poet? Why was Henry David...
We would all like to increase our cognitive(认知的) ability beyond the limits set by Mother Nature. So it’s no wonder that brain-training programmes — which typically focus on training ourworking memory—are a multibillion-dollar industry. But can this kind of training really make us smarte...
BorninConcord,ThoreauwaseducatedatHarvardUniversity.Inthelate1830sandearly1840s,hetaughtschoolandtutoredinConcordandonStatenIsland,NewYork.AftergraduationfromHarvardUniversityin1837,ThoreaustartedaschoolthatwasperhapsthefirstinAmericatointroducefieldtripsfornaturestudy.In1845hebuiltasmallcabinatWaldenPondwithhisown...
aTranscendentalists place emphasis on the importance of the Over-soul, the individual and Nature. The most important representatives are Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. 先验论者对在灵魂、个体和自然的重要性的位置重点。 最重要的代表是Ralph Waldo爱默生和Henry David Thoreau。 [translate] a...
Why did William Wordsworth write about nature? Why did Henry David Thoreau write Civil Disobedience? Why was John Keats obsessed with the urn? Why is Lord Byron important? Why is Willa Cather important? Why are the 1590s important to Shakespeare?
I was all tizzified prior to Amanda’s wedding, worried we’d be late or not be able to find the tucked away park where it was being held. Most of all, as I said to K., I was anxious for her and for John, who were providing the music. I said, “I feel what the two of ...
Henry David Thoreau "Simplify! was Thoreau’s motto" in his life (Stanley 20). He showed people how to live simple life by living a simple life in Walden. Due to Thoreau’s efforts and works on nature people considers a nature an important part in their lives‚ as a result nature be...
BorninConcord,ThoreauwaseducatedatHarvardUniversity.Inthelate1830sandearly1840s,hetaughtschoolandtutoredinConcordandonStatenIsland,NewYork.AftergraduationfromHarvardUniversityin1837,ThoreaustartedaschoolthatwasperhapsthefirstinAmericatointroducefieldtripsfornaturestudy.In1845hebuiltasmallcabinatWaldenPondwithhisownhand...
Farmers plant their seeds at a certain time of year to see them grow and mature for harvest. Particular species of bird time their migration in order to arrive "on schedule" to pollinate the plants from which they feed. These are examples of phenology, the study of theevents in nature's...