Timeline August 1854

Events in August 1854 2

• 1775 – 1854 Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling (1775-1854) Died 20 August 1854, aged 79 Schelling was a German philosopher and a central figure of German idealism alongside Fichte and Hegel. His work on nature philosophy and the philosophy of identity influenced later Romantic and existentialist thought.
• 1854 Walden published Thoreau's account of life at Walden Pond Henry David Thoreau published Walden, a reflective account of two years he spent living simply in a cabin near Walden Pond, Massachusetts. The book became a foundational text of American transcendentalism and later environmental thought.