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2021/2/12 * ③ He was very critical of modern civilization. In his opinion, modern civilization was degrading and enslaving man; modern life has dehumanized man and placed him in a spiritual quandary (awkward or difficult situation); by trying to amass material possessions, man is not really living; he is digging his own grave; spiritual wealth is real wealth. 2021/2/12 * He went to live on Walden Pond just to experiment with a new way of life for himself, and felt that he came out of it a better man, reborn and reinvigorated. And in 1854, he published his masterpiece, Walden, one of the representative Transcendentalist works. 2021/2/12 * ④ Thoreau was a man with a strong sense of justice, and desired that everyone should be treated with justice. For him, to respect justice is more importan