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- Comment on Spring 14-26 by Stephen SipersteinPosted in: Choate RH 2022 In reply to Cathy. This is an interesting discussion. I actually find this paragraph and the next one (paragraph 17) to be a moment that demonstrates Thoreau's shift towards ecocentrism. It's particularly interesting to compare this moment in the chapter "Spring" to the end of paragraph 60 in the chapter […]
- Comment on Spring 1-13 by Stephen SipersteinPosted in: Choate RH 2022 In reply to Chris Childs. Interesting thing to wonder about! (And reading your comment gives me a new perspective on that children's book I shared in class today.)
- Comment on Spring 1-13 by Stephen SipersteinPosted in: Choate RH 2022 In reply to Eva. See my comment earlier in the chapter on Tyler's post. Thoreau was writing at a time in which most people believed in ideas about "spontaneous generation" and that fossils were actually put into the earth by God/some divine presence. Or in other words, evolution wasn't a […]
- Comment on Spring 1-13 by Stephen SipersteinPosted in: Choate RH 2022 In reply to Cons. Curious -- could you describe a bit more what you mean by "circular writing"? I'm intrigued by that observation and how you're linking Thoreau and Kimmerer, but am not entirely sure what you mean in terms of their writing.
- Comment on Spring 1-13 by Stephen SipersteinPosted in: Choate RH 2022 In reply to Tyler K. Your mention of "evolution" is really interesting and important. Thoreau was writing right around the time of Darwin first publishing his ideas about evolution, and Thoreau was influenced by that. Before Darwin, folks weren't talking about evolution and instead subscribed to the idea of "spontaneous […]