一个人想真正感受到美,真正懂得生命的价值,必须投身到大自然中去。将近一个半世纪以前.美国东北部马萨诸塞州康科德小城的林间湖畔,有一位哲人隐居。在两年多的时间里,他用心灵和大自然对话,并将其感受形诸文字。这位哲人就是对后世产生巨大影响的超验主义作家亨利·大卫·梭罗(HenryDavidThoreau)。他的传世之作就是1854年出版的《瓦尔登或林中生活》(国内译作《瓦尔登湖》)。 If one really wants to feel the beauty and truly understand the value of life, one must devote himself into nature. Nearly a century and a half ago, there was a philosopher in seclusion on the shores of Lake Merced in the small town of Concord, Mass., In the northeastern United States. In more than two years, he used the heart to talk to nature and feel the words. The philosopher is the transcendentalist writer Henry David Thoreau, who had a tremendous influence on later generations. His biography is published in 1854, “Walden or forest life” (translated as “Walden”).