/lit/ - Literature

When asked by his aunt Louisa in his last weeks if he had made his peace with God, Thoreau responded,
>I did not know we had ever quarreled.
Based or blasphemous /lit/?

>>15199554
based

>>13674704
>Let us remember that in Roman times, a liberal arts education was the mark of a free man, and education to obtain employment, was worthy of slaves only.

>>12369096
This is one of Thoreau's main arguments desu.

>We must remember that in Roman times, a liberal education was the mark of a free man, and education to obtain employment was worthy of slaves only.
Was /ourguy/ right /lit/?

>muh mommas boy
Not an argument.

For me it would be Walden. I've loved that book since college. I've visited Walden Pond three times over the past 3 years.
The prose is nice, and although there are rumors he went into town frequently, I admire his attempt at a rustic lifestyle.
One thing I've spent time thinking about is at the end of his life, when asked if he made his peace with God, he replied, "I was not aware we had ever quarreled". Some could see it as sacrilegious, but maybe it was a statement from someone who had loved God and his natural creation all his life.

>>10772243
"We must remember that in Roman times a liberal education was the mark of a free man, and training for employment was worthy of slaves only" - Thoreau.

I agree desu. Probably because I'm a salty humanities NEET though.

>>10754258
>"Most men lead lives of quiet desperation"
"I know of know more encouraging fact than the ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor"
Sounds like you forgot to read half the book.