(1854) in Walden TwoÆs predecessor, Walden, which are quite similar to some of those espoused by Skinner (1976). One of the most significant of these principles is that a good life is possible without relying on commerce and industrialization. One of ThoreauÆs most significant principles is that human beings need less to be more alive (i.e., more in touch with nature and their own nature. In the first section entitled Economy, Thoreau argues that societies are structured in a way that undermines human potentiality for higher pursuits than l
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