How does thoreau answer the questions implied in the title “where i lived, and what i lived for? ”

"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear; nor did I wish to practice resignation, unless it was quite necessary. I wanted to live deep and suck out all the marrow of life..."

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Thoreau moved to the spartan cabin he had constructed on the shore of Walden Pond and lived there for about two years. He wanted simplicity, and, being removed from the trappings of civilization in the village of Concord, Thoreau was able to be as close to Nature as possible. He did it for the sake of understanding the meaning of life.

in the title "Where I lived and What I lived For"? He lived in a cabin in the woods, he lived fully and deliberately as possible for the sake of understanding the meaning of life. ... What does Thoreau mean by "Simplify, Simplify" ? Do you think he has a valid point?

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