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 ...
The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail. The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail is a two-act American play by Robert E. Lee and Jerome Lawrence written in 1969. Hal B. Wallis is producer of the film based on the play, for which both Lawrence and Lee wrote the screenplay. The play is based on the early life of the title character, Henry David Thoreau, leading up to his night spent in a jail in Concord, Massachusetts. Thoreau was jailed for refusing to pay a poll tax on the grounds that the money might be used to pay for the Mexican-American Wa