{"title":"Henry David Thoreau","description":"Programs by Henry David Thoreau available as digital audio downloads.","products":[{"product_id":"walden-and-on-the-duty-of-civil-disobedience","title":"Walden and On the Duty of Civil Disobedience","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1845, Henry David Thoreau built a small cabin on the shore of Walden Pond in rural Massachusetts and spent two years living his philosophy — self-reliance, simplicity, and harmony with nature. The journal he kept during that time became \u003cem\u003eWalden\u003c\/em\u003e, one of the greatest works in American literature and a founding document of the philosophy of individual freedom and conscious living.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis Nightingale-Conant audio program pairs \u003cem\u003eWalden\u003c\/em\u003e with Thoreau's landmark essay \u003cstrong\u003eOn the Duty of Civil Disobedience\u003c\/strong\u003e, written after his one-day imprisonment for refusing to pay a poll tax in protest against a government policy he found morally unacceptable. Together, these two works form the most complete expression of Thoreau's Transcendentalist philosophy — a philosophy that would go on to inspire Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., and generations of leaders committed to living by principle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this program, you will experience:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThoreau's Transcendentalist experiment in self-reliance and deliberate living at Walden Pond\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHis meditation on the relationship between the individual, nature, and society\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe philosophical case for simplicity, solitude, and attention to the essential facts of life\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe principles of nonviolent protest and individual conscience over unjust law\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThoreau's vision of a higher standard for both individual life and civic responsibility\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA timeless argument for living intentionally — according to your own deepest values, not convention\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWalden and On the Duty of Civil Disobedience\u003c\/strong\u003e is an essential work for anyone committed to living with purpose, authenticity, and moral clarity — principles that are as urgent and relevant today as they were in the nineteenth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Nightingale-Conant","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52314334953784,"sku":"30110DP","price":59.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}]}],"url":"https:\/\/www.nightingale.com\/collections\/henry-david-thoreau.oembed","provider":"Nightingale-Conant","version":"1.0","type":"link"}