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RE: If you could have a conversation with anyone..
July 20, 2019 at 6:49 am (This post was last modified: July 20, 2019 at 6:49 am by vulcanlogician.)
(July 20, 2019 at 6:30 am)Alan V Wrote: I have watched David Attenborough nature videos which would likely make Thoreau reconsider his views.  Nature is both remarkably intricate and remarkably brutal.  I would be very interested to know what Thoreau thought about the opportunism of the natural world.  Perhaps I will find some answer in his late journals, which I haven't read in full yet.

Is nature brutal though? Or are we mere mortals prejudiced against a natural world that contains intense pain and suffering?

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I'd love to read Thoreau's late journals with you. I've always found it useful to bounce ideas of others when reading a deep work. You might even start a thread in the journal subforum (or better yet, philosophy subforum) so other interested members could read along and discuss Thoreau's points. Just an idea.

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If you could have a conversation with anyone.. - by Cod - July 19, 2019 at 5:17 pm
RE: If you could have a conversation with anyone.. - by vulcanlogician - July 20, 2019 at 6:49 am

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