Wednesday, September 23, 2009

HENRY DAVID THOREAU

such a bad ass
--what do you guys know about him??

5 comments:

mattbaranmickle said...

Well, he was way more legit than Emerson. Emerson was a little bitch. Although to be fair, he was a little bitch with a talent for piercing intellectual observation. Thoreau lived by a pond for a few years, and got arrested when he didn't want to pay his taxes. From that he wrote Civil Disobedience, which we had to read for school. I think he's one of the only intellectuals that truly practiced what he preached.

Chris said...

matt - did dante ask about emerson? i didn't think so.

mattbaranmickle said...

I just don't like emerson.

Jones, Ben said...

exactly backwards matt. Thoreau was Emersons bitch. Thoreau lived in emersons house to be a tutor to his. emerson financed his books, which tanked and thoreau refused to pay it back saying emerson hadn't tried to get it sold. Walden pond was on emerson property. he also died a virgin ... just saying

Jones, Ben said...

his kids