Source identified
Read & copy the quotation
“I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society.”
- Source
- Walden
- Date
- 1854
Meaning of “I had three chairs in my house; one…”
The playful inventory balances time alone with companionship and community while keeping material needs deliberately small.
Where does it come from?
Walden, chapter “Visitors”; Thoreau uses the three-chair inventory to distinguish solitude, friendship, and larger social company.
