Thoreau the Platonist

by Daniel A. Dombrowski

Expanding on Seybold's pioneering 1951 analysis of Thoreau's classicism, this book argues that Thoreau was a Platonist. Viewing Thoreau as a Platonist deepens our understanding of, and removes alleged contradictions in, his theism, his vegetarianism, and the function of language in his thought.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820403644
• ISBN13: 9780820403649
• Release Date: December 1986
• Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W
• Length: 223 Pages