madi’s Reviews > Walden or, Life in the Woods > Status Update

“Most men appear never to have considered what a house is, and are actually though needlessly poor all their lives because they think that they must have such a one as their neighbors have.”

to further my rant - seriously where did all the philosophers go? when did we switch from being a philosopher to being a professor in philosophy? have we as a society run out of things to say? dreaming of the days where artists and philosophers sat around cafes smoking and discussing life. have we just decided there is nothing left to ponder??? SHOW ME A PONDERER!! rant over.

“How could you learn to live than by at once trying the experiment of living?”