LITERATURE QUESTIONS
TRANSCENDENTALISM LITERATURE
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Question
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To follow all the government’s rules
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The government is best that governs least
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The government is best that governs the most
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -In Civil Disobedience, Thoreau’s basic premise is that a higher law than civil law demands the obedience of the individual. Human law and government are subordinate. In cases where the two are at odds with one another, the individual must follow his conscience and, if necessary, disregard human law.
Detailed explanation-2: -civil disobedience, also called passive resistance, the refusal to obey the demands or commands of a government or occupying power, without resorting to violence or active measures of opposition; its usual purpose is to force concessions from the government or occupying power.
Detailed explanation-3: -Thoreau begins Civil Disobedience by saying that he agrees with the motto, “That government is best which governs least.” Indeed, he says, men will someday be able to have a government that does not govern at all. As it is, government rarely proves useful or efficient.
Detailed explanation-4: -Henry David Thoreau is the author of the famous statement: “ That Government is the best which governs least."
Detailed explanation-5: -MAIN POINT 1: Thoreau prefers a laissez-faire government, but he does not call for abolishing government.