In the essay, "Walking" by Henry David Thoreau, one of the "Seven Elements in Nature Writing," which is continuous throughout the entire essay, is the philosophy of nature. Thoreau begins his three-part essay by referring to human's role in nature "as an inhabitant, or a part or parcel of Nature." He later criticizes members of society for their lack of such a relationship with nature. Furthermore, Thoreau also uses an experience from his own life to represent a personal account in nature, more specifically his experiences while walking into the forest near his property. Socioeconomic politics can be seen in this essay when Thoreau analyzes building development as a taming and cheapening of the landscape.

The Quotes from this eBook:

- "In wildness is the preservation of the world."

- "We must walk consciously only part way toward our goal and then leap in the dark to our success."

- "If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer; but if he spends his whole day as a spectulator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is esteemed an industrious and enterprising citizen."

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