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1、LifePhilosophyfromtheWaldenInthenineteenthcentury,withtherapiddevelopmentofmodernsocialproductiveforcesofcapitalism,peoplebegantofeeltheadvancedtechnologythematerialcivilizationbroughtprofoundly.Meanwhilethepursuitofmaterialbecameobvious.Thecommercializationofag
2、ewasinclinedtosatisfywithpeople’sincreasingmaterialrequirementtoamaximumextentwhileanyspiritualbeliefinthetideofthestrongdevelopmentofcapitalismappearfeebleandsovulnerable.Inthefaceofsuchphenomenon,manyscholars,thinkersandotherpeoplewithloftyideasgeneratedtheunp
3、recedenteddoubts:Isthecommercialsocietyofcapitalismouridealsociety?Arethemoneyandthepowerourhumanpermanentpursuit?Withthiskindofdoubts,inthesummerof1845,ThoreaubuiltlogcabinbesideWaldenPond,livinginthewoodsalongfortwoyearsandtwomonths.Helivedmodestly,Self-suffic
4、iencyandplantedsprouts,gatheringberries.Duringthesparetime,heoftenwentswimmingandwentforawalk,orchattedwithsomefriendslivingatthenearbytown.Meanwhile,hewrotedowntheWalden,therepresentativeworksofimmortality.Theauthor’smovingtothecabinwasweirdaction,especiallyint
5、heagewhenmostpeoplechoosetostruggletosucceedinsocietyrequiringmoremoneyandpower.TheWaldenisthesinceredescriptionofthenature,theauthoritativeguideofsimplelifeandtheheartlesschargestothegoldcoinsociety.-6-”Innumerablelittlestreamsoverlapandinterlaceonewithanother,
6、exhibitionasortofhybridproduct,whichobeyshalfwaythelawofcurrents,andhalfwaythatofvegetation.Asitflowsittakestheformsofsappyleavesorvines,makingheapsofpulpyspraysafootormoreindepth,andresembling,asyoulookdownonthem,thelaciniated,lobed,andimbricatedthallusesofsome
7、lichens;oryouareremindedofcoral,ofleopard’spawsorbirds’feet,ofbrainsorlungsorbowels,andexcrementsofallkinds.”(chapter17)TheaboveexampleisfromthedescriptionoftheWaldenPondbytheauthorwhenalivelyandfreshpictureunfoldbeforeoureyes.Thedescriptionofthebeautifulscenery
8、ofWaldenPond,inConcord,Massachusettscontrastsdeliberatelytothedestructiontonaturebyhumanbeings,revealingtheecologicalcrisisandtheirsocialroots,publicizingtheawareness