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 ...
Thoreau's birthplace â Wheeler-Minot Farmhouse in Concord. Henry David Thoreau was born David Henry Thoreau in Concord, Massachusetts, into the modest New England family of John Thoreau (a pencil maker) and Cynthia Dunbar. His paternal grandfather was born in Jersey.