January 6

Today we had a discussion about the Civil Disobedience essay we read last night, and Mr Boyle connected the idea of civil disobedience to our everyday lives. It's obviously a social thing, and the Transcendentalist philosophy finally made sense to me. First you go into nature to discover your true inner beliefs, then you stand up for your beliefs in everyday society. That is easier said than done, as Mr Boyle emphasized. But I think that I personally agree with the transcendentalist's point of view, that people should not blindly follow the "rules'' of society and organized religions, unless they fully understand what it is they are following.