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Anonymous 2016-02-09 23:33:41 Post No. 7680341 [Report]

Hi /lit/

I don't usually browse this board but I had a quick question. I'm reading Walden by Thoreau, and in the Economy chapter he says:

>"The student who secures his coveted leisure and retirement by systematically shrinking any labor necessary to man obtains but an ignoble and unprofitable leisure"

What does he mean by this? Specifically the part about shrinking labor necessary to man? I understand the general idea of this section, but this particular phrasing is a bit confusing to me.

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Anonymous 2016-02-09 23:38:59 Post No.7680357
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Anonymous 2016-02-09 23:38:59 Post No.7680357 [Report]

I think he is suggesting that you make your lifestyle simple, limit what you consider necessary. So you know...don't buy a lot of unnecessary crap, find cheap rent, etc

Anonymous 2016-02-09 23:39:38 Post No.7680358
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Anonymous 2016-02-09 23:39:38 Post No.7680358 [Report]

>>7680341
He means that NEETs should kill themselves.

Anonymous 2016-02-09 23:41:26 Post No.7680366
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Anonymous 2016-02-09 23:41:26 Post No.7680366 [Report]

>>7680341
Leisure should not be attained through avoiding 'good' work. Wandering in woods, hoeing plots, &c.

Anonymous 2016-02-09 23:45:56 Post No.7680379
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Anonymous 2016-02-09 23:45:56 Post No.7680379 [Report]

>>7680341
That the one who seeks knowledge should also find it in his work and not try to simply make it a means to an end or else that we should have servants and ignore housekeeping so that we can always be leiseured.

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