Ernst Bloch vs. Henry David Thoreau
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Ernst Bloch
1885 – 1977
Philosophy
Switzerland
Surrealism
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"Now to get back to our given Church: it lives almost entirely for modesty and moneyed piety. It zealously inveighs against the harm done to Joseph and the sheep…"
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Henry David Thoreau
1817 – 1862
Literature
United States
Western philosophy
Henry David Thoreau was an American naturalist, essayist, poet, and philosopher. A leading transcendentalist, he is best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay "Civil Disobedience", an argument in favor of citizen disobedience against an unjust state.
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"The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. From the desperate city you go into the desperate country,…"
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