In Henry D. Thoreau's Civil Disobedience, he states this passage:
Recognize me; and the simplest, the most effectual, and, in the present posture of affairs, the indispensablest mode of treating with it on his head, of expressing your little satisfaction with love and for it is to deny it then.
Can anybody translate this in a more understandable way? I'm not so good at this XD Thanks.
2006-10-10 13:45:04 · 3 answers · asked by ? 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
It's a passage that seems to be personifying (making a non person into a person) love. Recognise me and the simplest most effectual and in the present psture of affairs - see me for what I am, Be aware of my presence and affect i am having on your life, and what i mean to you at this time in your life, if you have noticed my presence at all...it seems that the person is unaware of something important in their life and the writer is trying to make the person look at his or her life to see whats around them. It's also saying that the one thing in life that can not be replaced is right there in front of them and they need to see that it is there rather than living life in a state of negativity. It's almost as though the 'speaker' / writer is urging the person to see that what they want and need the most is something that they already have, but has his/her eyes closed to it and rather than see it and accept it, they are for some reason unable to see it and accept it for what it is. In a direct or indirect way, the fact that they cannot see and feel the love that is theirs for the taking, they are in denial of either it's presence, or his or her need for it.
2006-10-10 14:12:22 · answer #1 · answered by Fade__Out 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ya sure, Henry is saying "Hey Im over here, but go over there in the posture of standing on your head, and like it. But dont."
2006-10-10 21:10:27 · answer #2 · answered by blastby2000 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lack of social responsibility.
2006-10-10 21:30:28 · answer #3 · answered by prince47 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋