Civil Disobedience (essay by Thoreau)
GPTKB entity
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
essay
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| gptkbp:advocatesFor |
passive resistance
conscientious objection |
| gptkbp:author |
gptkb:Henry_David_Thoreau
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| gptkbp:countryOfOrigin |
gptkb:United_States
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| gptkbp:criticizedFor |
gptkb:Mexican-American_War
slavery |
| gptkbp:firstPublished |
gptkb:Aesthetic_Papers
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| gptkbp:genre |
essay
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Civil Disobedience (essay by Thoreau)
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| gptkbp:influenced |
gptkb:Mahatma_Gandhi
gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr. |
| gptkbp:influencedBy |
gptkb:Transcendentalism
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| gptkbp:language |
English
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| gptkbp:notableQuote |
Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.
That government is best which governs least. |
| gptkbp:originalTitle |
gptkb:Resistance_to_Civil_Government
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| gptkbp:publicationYear |
1849
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| gptkbp:subject |
gptkb:civil_disobedience
gptkb:government individual conscience |
| gptkbp:theme |
individualism
justice nonviolent resistance moral responsibility |
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Civil_disobedience
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
6
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