Civil Disobedience and Other Essays on Conscience and Freedom: Including Walking and Life Without Principle, with an Introduction and Commentary($16.99Value)

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First published in 1849, Civil Disobedience is Henry David Thoreau’s powerful argument for moral independence and resistance to unjust government. Written after his brief imprisonment for refusing to pay a poll tax, this essay has influenced generations of thinkers, including Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. This volume also includes Walking and Life Without Principle , two companion essays exploring freedom, simplicity, and the responsibility of living deliberately. This edition features an original introduction and commentary, providing historical context and clarifying Thoreau’s enduring ideas on conscience, individual responsibility, and principled dissent. Public domain text. Introduction and commentary © Eric Stellpflug.