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Henry David Thoreau
Transcendental philosophy - philosophy based upon the doctrine that the principles of reality are to be discovered by the study of the processes of thought, or a philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical: in the U.S., associated with Emerson.
Civil Disobedience - the refusal to obey certain laws or governmental demands for the purpose of influencing legislation or government policy, characterized by the employment of such nonviolent techniques as boycotting, picketing, and nonpayment of taxes.
Thoreau's Civil Disobedience expresses the obligation to prioritize one's moral sense over the authority of the law.
Famous quote; "The government is best which governs the least"
1849 Thoreau writes
an essay entitled Civil Disobedience this is where he outlines his ideas about peaceful opposition to unjust laws or government actions
He actually went to jail (in 1846) for refusing to pay taxes that supported the Mexican American War (1846-1848)
Thoreau inspired
Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr.
Interesting facts about Thoreau