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It was mentioned that Thoreau wrote about his experiences and thoughts while living alone in the woods, which became a famous book, but people misunderstood it as being a survivalist guide, when it was not.
He wrote about the interesting aspects of being out there alone in his thoughts in his books and I think people got that confused and just said, oh well, that's all he did out there and he never saw p...
— Episode: How Transcendentalism Works
Episode: How Transcendentalism Works
It was mentioned that Thoreau wrote about his experiences and thoughts while living alone in the woods, which became a famous book, but people misunderstood it as being a survivalist guide, when it was not.
He wrote about the interesting aspects of being out there alone in his thoughts in his books and I think people got that confused and just said, oh well, that's all he did out there and he never saw people.
He had parties and there were people everywhere. He walked into town just about every day.