| On the Duty of Civil Disobedience Henry David Thoreau Contributor(s): Benitez, Paula (Editor), Thoreau, Henry David (Author) |
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ISBN: 1542449960 ISBN-13: 9781542449960 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $14.49 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2017 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Science - Social Science - Philosophy |
| Physical Information: 0.08" H x 6" W x 9" (0.14 lbs) 34 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Resistance to Civil Government (Civil Disobedience) is an essay by American transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau that was first published in 1849. In it, Thoreau argues that individuals should not permit governments to overrule or atrophy their consciences, and that they have a duty to avoid allowing such acquiescence to enable the government to make them the agents of injustice. Thoreau was motivated in part by his disgust with slavery and the Mexican |