Walden by Henry David Thoreau Book Review 

My favourite quote from this book is the following: "In accumulating property for ourselves or our posterity, in founding a family or a state, or acquiring fame even, we are mortal; but in dealing with truth we are immortal, and need fear no change nor accident." I remember that I read this book by chance when I was in a terribly insecure place in life battling bureaucracy and chasing a career like my life depended on it, and it was right here that I encountered the idea for the first time that the majority of what I deemed to be valuable and necessary was socially contingent and relative to the period of time that I was born and the circumstances of the society that I existed in. Thoreau opened my eyes to look for the absolute truth: it is not to be found in job titles or money or anything contingent, but rather in the character of one's existence as a biological organism, leaves changing colour signifying the passage of time, engaging in activities that one likes to do for their own sake, the intensity of the moment. You have great taste in books.

Today I was struggling with ennui, and the Spring Allergy has been a nuisance, but coming across your introduction to Thoreau’s Walden has been a soothing dose of well-being. Thanks a lot for your marvelous work!

You gonna grow a lot buddy. Exponentially. You content is of high quality. I've not seen book reviews where someone shoes high quality images and other resources along with the narration.

The Theory of Communicative Action of Jurgen Habermas can be seen as its postmodern interlocutor.

Amazing review. and amazing editing. Keep up the great work. 👍

Thoreau was a Inspiration for Chris McCandless. I've read Into the wild, now I'm looking forward to read Walden and other Books of Henry David Thoreau, and btw pretty Nice & honest book Review.

I just LOVED this! Great job Alex! I just loved the saying.."Things don't change, PEOPLE DO!

One of the very fine review 👍

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Great review. I just finished Walden this morning. I loved hearing your thoughts.

It's the best book review !! Thanks for the video.

Great review! Keep up the good work🎉

May I ask in which chapter that final quote is, please? Thank you!

@Alex Mostella - I just found your channel by chance recommendation on youtube. Of course, the video first recommended to me was the review of Walden. In any event. Wonderful video. I've read Walden once, years ago. It changed me. Now, in a quest to read more than I ever have, in 2023, Walden and Cape Cod are on my list of books. A question for you - Do you know of any virtual study groups for Walden, or any transcendentalist works? Theres so much to imbibe reading by one's self. Theres so much more to learn, though, when reading with others. Cheers, great video, and I am subscribing!

I am curious if you will ever make a video on Kaczynski's manifesto. Also, I reccomend you to look into the books of Aldous Huxley: Island and Brave New World.

Please review Dune book

And how to read book sorry but whenever I reading book i just read and distract easily...

heyyy ım still waiting for a new video.

Nice review...but zooming in and out during your speaking was jarring. Have confidence that your words alone, and the way you deliver them, need no special effects.

He didn’t off the land. He lived off someone else’s land.

Other than a few anecdotes, the man spoke in riddles and said little because he communicated poorly. He reminds me of a virtuoso violinist who knows every note, but has little melody, verbosity, to say the least.

But he didn’t stay. It didn’t work.