Henry David Thoreau and the Creation of the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument

Prophet among Rebels: Henry David Thoreau and the Creation of a Transcendentalist Bible

The New England Quarterly ◽

10.1162/tneq_a_00322 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 86 (4) ◽

pp. 625-654

Author(s):

Lydia Willsky

Keyword(s):

Henry David Thoreau ◽

Wild Fruits ◽

The Earth ◽

Final Manuscript ◽

The Creation

Henry David Thoreau is often referred to as a “prophet,” but the degree to which he embraced that role has not been recognized. I argue that with his final manuscript, Wild Fruits, he sought to produce scripture and, through it, to turn humanity's gaze from the skies, where the Judaeo-Christian God was thought to dwell, to the earth and nature.

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Three Relationship (Continued)

ICR Journal ◽

10.52282/icr.v2i2.658 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 397-401

Author(s):

Eric Winkel

Keyword(s):

Henry David Thoreau ◽

Human Beings ◽

Previous Issue ◽

The Third ◽

The Creation ◽

American Author

We continue from this feature in the previous issue of ICR, which posited three relationships, human beings to human beings, human beings to the rest of the creation, and finally to the Creator. The first relationship is one of contract, the second of taskhir (to be defined below), and the third of covenant. For the second relationship, the description is no longer ‘contract’ but taskhir. The term ‘subjugation’ in English is more accurately the antonym of taskhir. This shows us how far we have strayed. We think we own a house, but the house owns us. We forget that the word ‘mortgage’ means ‘gripped until death’. The American author and leading transcendentalist of his time, Henry David Thoreau (d. 1862), saw a contrast between those who had been subjugated to their possessions and those who were unencumbered.

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A New (Hovenia) and an old (Chadronoxylon) Fossil Wood from the Late Eocene Florissant Formation, Colorado, U.S.A.

IAWA Journal ◽

10.1163/22941932-90000096 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 33 (3) ◽

pp. 309-318 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Elisabeth A. Wheeler ◽

Herbert W. Meyer

Keyword(s):

North America ◽

East Asia ◽

Late Eocene ◽

Fossil Wood ◽

Original Diagnosis ◽

First Report ◽

National Monument ◽

The Creation ◽

Florissant Formation

A fossil wood with features similar to those of the Oligocene Hovenia palaeodulcis Suzuki (Rhamnaceae) from Japan is described from the late Eocene Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, Colorado, U.S.A. This is the first report of fossil wood of this Asian genus in North America and is further documentation of Tertiary exchange between East Asia and North America. The affinities of Chadronoxylon florissantensis, the most common angiosperm wood at Florissant, are reevaluated; its combination of features suggests relationships with two families in the Malpighiales, the Salicaceae and Phyllanthaceae. Chadronoxylon is compared with Paraphyllanthoxylon Bailey. The Eocene P. hainanensis from China has notable differences from the original diagnosis of Paraphyllanthoxylon, but shares features with Chadronoxylon warranting transfer of P. hainanensis to Chadronoxylon and the creation of Chadronoxylon hainanensis (Feng, Yi, Jen) Wheeler & Meyer, comb. nov.

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The role of affect in feelings of obligation

Behavioral and Brain Sciences ◽

10.1017/s0140525x19002449 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 43 ◽

Author(s):

Stefen Beeler-Duden ◽

Meltem Yucel ◽

Amrisha Vaish

Keyword(s):

Positive Emotions ◽

The Creation ◽

Sense Of Obligation

Abstract Tomasello offers a compelling account of the emergence of humans’ sense of obligation. We suggest that more needs to be said about the role of affect in the creation of obligations. We also argue that positive emotions such as gratitude evolved to encourage individuals to fulfill cooperative obligations without the negative quality that Tomasello proposes is inherent in obligations.

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