tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2619743764213415433.post6143509717489442291..comments2023-11-03T07:07:55.456-05:00Comments on CoPhilosophy: Thoreau in Jail: True Happiness?Philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02115141650963300011noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2619743764213415433.post-44191814390005420132016-07-06T14:26:13.295-05:002016-07-06T14:26:13.295-05:00I think that would be my second discussion questio...I think that would be my second discussion question: is it possible to simplify in today's world? What would that even mean? <br /><br />There's a movement of folks who sell everything and move into their van or RV. But that's being commercialized too--like walking. You can't park or walk everywhere either. How do we do it? Bluesmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14241747430221023840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2619743764213415433.post-48395775218835065852016-07-06T13:23:22.464-05:002016-07-06T13:23:22.464-05:00My pal Henry would get roughed up a bit in jail, I...My pal Henry would get roughed up a bit in jail, I fear, as he's getting roughed up here. He was roughed up pretty savagely last year in a New Yorker essay too. Seems like there's been an anti-Henry backlash lately. But I still defend the author of Walden and Walking, who suffers easy but false caricature as a hermetic misanthrope.He was really just a young guy searching for himself, and substantially succeeding in that amazing book. "Simplify, simplify" - if that's not a message for our time I don't know what is.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02115141650963300011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2619743764213415433.post-46849160871012827812016-07-05T16:42:58.625-05:002016-07-05T16:42:58.625-05:00My common sense is telling me that Thoreau would b...My common sense is telling me that Thoreau would be happier in jail since the time served would be shorter. However, going off of the theoretical assumptions and your and Thoreau's statements it does seem that Thoreau would favor solitary confinement. I think what is being missed here is one's sanitary in the entire situation. What is it to gain favorable economics at the expense of one's soul and health. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17368774213329512055noreply@blogger.com