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Old 06.28.2006, 04:51 PM   #198
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Originally Posted by nomadicfollower
Got into Waldan today - holding off on the Rand. Thoreau's ideas are interesting, but they seem like tried ideas. To rid oneself of superfluous things, lead a solitairy - but not completely isolated life - to enjoy the fruits of labor-in fact, to just enjoy labor to increase the fruits; essentially to live only with necessities.
I might just feel this way because these are ideas I've toyed with for some time. The thought of creating and fully enjoying your surroundings could only enhance your life.
Anyway, I'm only 40+ pages in, so who am I to criticize?

yeah this is epicurus rehashed

but his little rationale on the cost of traveling by train instead of by foot is kind of hilarious don't you think? worth reading, many good points, not to follow like some following sucker, but to simply consider...
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