3. 1  the theory that the universe has been ruled from its origins by two conflicting powers, one good and one evil, both existing as equally ultimate first causes. 2  the theory that there are two personalities, one human and one divine, in Christ.
Henry David Thoreau , ( born July 12 , 1817 , Concord , Massachusetts , U.S. âdied May 6 , 1862 , Concord ) American essayist , poet , and practical philosopher , renowned for having lived the doctrines of Transcendentalism as recorded in his masterwork , Walden ( 1854 ) , and for having been a vigorous advocate of civil liberties , as evidenced in ...
1 What we want to see is one who can breast into the world, do a man's work, and still preserve his first and pure enjoyment of existence. 2  Robert Louis Stevenson in Henry David Thoreau: His Character and Opinions, Cornhill Magazine (June 1880). ... 3 every idea I've had is there. 4  I needn't have bothered thinking.