Question

Read this passage from Walden by Henry David Thoreau. According to Thoreau in Walden, by what is our life frittered away?
“Our life is frittered away by detail. An honest man has hardly need to count more than his ten fingers, or in extreme cases he may add his ten toes, and lump the rest. Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand; instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumbnail.”

Answer 1

by detail. simplify... simplify... simplify. Also alan watts said so

Answer 2

The correct answer is  Our life is frittered away by details. An honest man has hardly need to count more than his ten fingers, or in extreme cases, he may add his ten toes, and lump the rest.

Which of Thoreau's philosophical assumptions is most clearly illustrated by this statement from Walden?

The passage: "An honest man has hardly need to count more than his ten fingers or in extreme cases, he may add his ten toes, and lump the rest." from Henry David Thoreau's Walden is a comment on the need for simplicity in one's life.

What is the meaning of Walden?

Meaning: wooded valley. Walden as a boy's name is of Old English origin, and the meaning of Walden is "wooded valley".

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