his explanation for building a cabin on the shores of Walden Pond, saying, I went to the woods because I wanted to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to due, discover that I had not lived. The chilling wisdom of this passage is so powerfully effective, in this author's eyes, not for the poetic beauty in style, rather the true realities and sincerities that brought him to an individual, non-conformists attempt at living without illusion. Existentialism is intended to be an originated philosophy of life that promotes acquiring intellect, opinions, and beliefs derived and learned through personal exper
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