BUS 1050 1nd Edition Lecture 4Outline of Last Lecture I. End of Maphisto and FaustOutline of Current Lecture II. Walden, PlatoIII. The World Is Much With UsCurrent Lecture- Food, clothing, shelter, fuel (transport, cooking, warmth, etc.) – what we really need (How much do we need though?)It’s more efficient to buy rather than make it yourself- He does some accounting (how much to build a house, grow crops, etc.) in the first chapter (Economy); he was very practical- “Life should be a pastime, not a hardship” – have to be efficient in order to get free time, which makes life a pastime- The more efficient (productive) we are, the more options we have available- “Finer fruit” are the arts according to Thoreau (p.84, l. 45)- “Living in quiet desperation” meaning today – “living pay check to paycheck”- There is a limit of what we need, crossing that limit, we “start living in quiet desperation” (paycheck to paycheck)- According to Thoreau you can avoid the above fact by: living simply do what you enjoy don’t follow the pack don’t have expectations of othersThe World Is Too Much With Us- Materialism is a distraction, Nature is the most important to Wordsworth- We are out of touch with nature according to himThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a
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