Friday, February 16, 2007
Walden
I have recently started reading Walden by Thoreau. I am amazed at how similar my thinking is as i question the necessities of life and the impact of the Industrial Revolution. Written in 1845 i believe at the age of 30. I do find myself chuckling (last time you will see me use this word) at the logical but incorrect statements he sometimes makes due to the knowledge of the times but the thoughts are very relevant as some nations now enter their own Industrial Revolutions.
"actually, the laboring man has not leisure for a true integrity day by day; he cannot afford to sustain the manliest relations to men; his labor would be depricated in the market. He has no time to be anything but a machine."
"actually, the laboring man has not leisure for a true integrity day by day; he cannot afford to sustain the manliest relations to men; his labor would be depricated in the market. He has no time to be anything but a machine."
Labels: Industrial Revolution, labor, leisure, life, Thoreau, Walden
