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Hannah wrote a new post on the site The Nature of Nature 2020 5 years ago
Nature has a way of sending us signs. When the leaves on trees turn up and the wind changes and the animals become scarce, we know a storm is coming. When walking through the woods to see an increasing presence of […]
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Hannah commented on the post, Accidental Luxury Found in Nature, on the site The Nature of Nature 2020 5 years ago
You bring up an interesting point, and that is the line between luxury and necessity. At what point does a luxury become so integrated in a society that it becomes a necessity? That, of course, brings also into […]
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Hannah wrote a new post on the site The Nature of Nature 2020 5 years ago
Thoreau evokes Shakespeare to make a claim on what in human life he views to be “evil”. Reflecting on “the auction of a deacon’s effects” (155), Thoreau borrows from The Tragedy of Julius Caesar: “The evil that […]
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Hannah wrote a new post on the site The Nature of Nature 2020 5 years ago
Different from our view of nature as something to be preserved and untouched, Thoreau believes nature is something we should use in our effort to live simply. He uses the bean field as a simpler means to produce […]
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Hannah commented on the post, The Blur Between Man and Nature, on the site The Nature of Nature 2020 5 years ago
I enjoy the inclusion of your father’s viewpoint here, that he saw a house as just as natural as a bird’s nest. He provides an interesting argument that we have yet to truly elucidate in class–as we all seem to […]
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Hannah wrote a new post on the site The Nature of Nature 2020 5 years ago
Nature does not shrink from its deceased. She does not fear the inevitable. That which dies is not frantically covered or removed. It is recognized, and it remains. Of course, this has a great deal to do wi […]
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