Where I Lived, and What I Lived For

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"Where I Lived, and What I Lived For" is a famous early chapter of Henry David Thoreau’s *Walden* in which he reflects on simple living, self-reliance, and the search for a more deliberate, meaningful life.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book chapter ⓘ
essay ⓘ
author Henry David Thoreau ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
educationalUse taught in environmental studies courses ⓘ
taught in literature courses ⓘ
taught in philosophy courses ⓘ
focusesOn conscious awareness of daily life ⓘ
examination of modern society's busyness ⓘ
search for meaning beyond economic success ⓘ
value of solitude ⓘ
form prose ⓘ
frequentlyAnthologized true ⓘ
genre nature writing ⓘ
philosophical literature ⓘ
transcendentalist literature ⓘ
includedIn first part of Walden ⓘ
influenced American environmental thought ⓘ
back-to-the-land movements ⓘ
minimalist living movements ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement Transcendentalism ⓘ
mainTheme critique of materialism ⓘ
deliberate living ⓘ
individualism ⓘ
relationship between humans and nature ⓘ
self-reliance ⓘ
simple living ⓘ
spiritual reflection ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person ⓘ
notableQuotation "I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately" ⓘ
"Simplify, simplify" ⓘ
partOf Walden ⓘ
philosophicalConcept inner freedom ⓘ
living deliberately ⓘ
nonconformity ⓘ
simplification of life ⓘ
publicationContext Walden; or, Life in the Woods ⓘ
publicationDateOfContainingWork 1854 ⓘ
relatedWork Conclusion (chapter of Walden) ⓘ
Economy (chapter of Walden) ⓘ
Solitude (chapter of Walden) ⓘ
setting Concord, Massachusetts ⓘ
Walden Pond ⓘ
targetAudience general readership ⓘ
workDescribed Thoreau's cabin at Walden Pond ⓘ

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