 |
|
|
亨利‧大衛‧梭羅 (Henry
David Thoreau) 生於1817年7月12日
梭羅做的事情之一，就是寫了一系列有關自己經歷的文章，並且發表在「瓦登，林子裡的生活」 (Walden,
Life in the Woods) 一書中。他也因為拒絕繳交投票稅，而被判入獄一天。梭羅不願意繳稅的原因，是為了對他不願意支持的奴隸制度與墨西哥戰爭表示抗議。他寫下「論公民的不服從」 (Civil
Disobedience) 來說明他的立場。他認為「在一個囚禁不公義的政府統治之下，對公正的人來說，唯有監獄才是最真實的地方。」然而，梭羅入獄服刑的影響比他抗議奴隸制度更為深遠。你覺得他還會作些什麼呢？
One of the things that Thoreau did was write a series of essays about his experiences, published in the book Walden, or, Life in the Woods. He also spent a night in jail for refusing to pay his voting tax. Thoreau withheld the tax as a protest against slavery and the war with Mexico, which he did not support. He wrote "Civil Disobedience" to explain his reasons. "Under a government which imprisons any unjustly," he argued, "the true place for a just man is also a prison." Thoreau, however, did more than just protest slavery by going to jail. What else do you think he did?
2/3 頁
|
