(WDBJ) - Writer, philosopher, and naturalist Henry David Thoreau was born on this day in 1817. He embraced the Transcendentalist belief in the universality of creation and the primacy of personal ...

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The term brain rot first appeared in Henry David Thoreau's famous Walden, according to the Oxford University Press. How did he use it — and what might he have made of its modern meaning?

Henry David Thoreau’s nonfiction classic "Walden, or A Life in the Woods" was first published on this day in history, on Aug. 9, 1854. "Walden" is about the virtues of simple living and self ...

That got me thinking that Thoreau should be the fourth instalment of my Historical Heroes series wherein I take admirable ...

Henry David Thoreau rose with the winter sun for his morning excursion. He set out along the old Indian paths winding their way through the woods, made newly visible by the light snow that had ...

The Barnstable Land Trust will host a "Cape Cod" by Henry David Thoreau read-a-thon at the Michael R. Kramer Center barn at Fuller Farm in celebration of its 40th anniversary.

Scientists using Henry David Thoreau's book to study climate change in Massachusetts 03:46. CONCORD - American literary icon Henry David Thoreau spent two years, two months, and two days at Walden ...

But the influential philosopher Henry David Thoreau was born more than 200 years ago -- and now a term he’s credited with introducing, “brain rot,” is the Oxford University Press’s word or ...