@article{oai:soar-ir.repo.nii.ac.jp:00017733, author = {鵜木, 奎治郎}, journal = {信州大学教養部紀要. 第一部, 人文科学}, month = {Jan}, note = {This thesis deals with Henry David Thoreau's seemingly contradictory ideas represented in 'Walden' and in 'Walking.' The former idea demands him to hold fast Walden pond which 'would be a good place for business,' while the latter idea urges him to go, nay, to saunter as far as to the west coast which would be also 'the fittest locality for a human dwelling,' because it is 'on the edge of the land'. He preferred committing himself into the crux of this ambivalent conflict to easygoing dialectical unification. Firstly about his conception of solitude. To adhere to the same place persistently means to be absorbed in the logical solitude rather than to be situated at an arbitrary geographical environment. At the same time in the case of sauntering, he would rather go alone than go with another, because 'he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready.' Secondly, his 'living to Walden pond' means his being able to enjoy the lake side life which may be resembled to his ardent wish to go to the west coast with a view to 'impart a marine tint to his imagination.' Thus he could establish his transcendental imagination of a marine life (a symbol of a true life) at the very shore of Walden pond. This is the attitude which even today Thoreau can impose upon us to be solved in the name of existentialism, although its peculiarity is somewhat different from that of Martin Heidegger's. Exactly it is to Thoreau himself that we can dedicate our sincere gratitude of our capacities for maintaining our freedom from 'der List der Geographie,' even if we hold fast the same locality just as Thoreau had done many years ago., Article, 信州大学教養部紀要. 第一部, 人文科学 4: 149-171(1970)}, pages = {149--171}, title = {人間 Thoreau の風土的規定}, volume = {4}, year = {1970} }