Henry David Thoreau
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definition: Henry David Thoreau was an American naturalist, a lecturer, and an abolitionist. Thoreau was the author of perhaps the most radical and influential essay in the history of American political philosophy, “Civil Disobedience.” This series of reflections on a night Thoreau spent in the Concord, Massachusetts, jail for tax resistance proclaimed “that government is best which governs not at all” and urged its readers to “withdraw their support, both in person and property” from governments that make and enforce unjust laws. [Source: The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism; Thoreau, Henry David (1817–1862)]

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environmentalism
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narrower: Henry David Thoreau

key people in environment and society
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narrower: Henry David Thoreau

key people in libertarianism
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narrower: Henry David Thoreau

key people in modern political thought
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narrower: Henry David Thoreau

key people in political science
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narrower: Henry David Thoreau

key people in political theory
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narrower: Henry David Thoreau

key people in the social history of crime
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narrower: Henry David Thoreau

literature and activism
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narrower: Henry David Thoreau

political and social movements (North America)
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narrower: Henry David Thoreau

political philosophy/ethics
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narrower: Henry David Thoreau