Who wrote the essay Civil Disobedience?
Mahatma Gandhi
Henry David Thoreau
John Rawls
Martin Luther King Jr.
Henry David Thoreau was an American transcendentalist best known for his book Walden, a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings, and his essay "Civil Disobedience", an argument for disobedience to an unjust state. His philosophy of civil disobedience later influenced the political thoughts and actions of such notable figures as Leo Tolstoy, Mahatma Gandhi, and Martin Luther King Jr.
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