Thoreau

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:philosopher
gptkb:Author
gptkb:Biology
gptkbp:advocated_for gptkb:Resistance
sustainable living
simple living
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:Transcendental_Club
gptkbp:birth_date 1817-07-12
gptkbp:born_in gptkb:Concord,_Massachusetts
gptkbp:contribution gptkb:philosophy
American literature
political activism
environmentalism
gptkbp:death_date 1862-05-06
gptkbp:died_in gptkb:Concord,_Massachusetts
gptkbp:education gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkbp:famous_quote " I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately."
" The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation."
" That government is best which governs least."
gptkbp:founded Concord Lyceum
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Thoreau
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Henry_David_Thoreau_Society
gptkb:Gandhi
gptkb:civil_rights_movements
gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
American philosophy
anti-war movements
social reformers
nature writers
modern environmentalism
literary naturalism
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Ralph_Waldo_Emerson
gptkbp:inspired environmental movements
gptkbp:is_visited_by gptkb:Walden_Pond
gptkbp:known_for gptkb:essayist
Transcendentalism
social criticism
nature writing
philosophical essays
transcendentalism
memoirs
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notable_work gptkb:Walden
gptkb:Civil_Disobedience
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:Geologist
gptkb:essayist
gptkb:oppression
gptkb:Writer
gptkb:poet
gptkbp:published_in gptkb:Atlantic_Monthly
gptkb:The_Dial
gptkb:The_New_England_Magazine
gptkbp:resting_place gptkb:Sleepy_Hollow_Cemetery
gptkbp:wrote gptkb:Walden
gptkb:Civil_Disobedience
gptkb:social_justice
nature
self-reliance
civil rights
individualism
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Robert_Frost
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4