Describe Thoreaus notion of poverty. Is it the same as or different from the notion of poverty we have when, for instance, we speak of...

There is a
profound difference between the poverty thatwrites of in and the poverty
that millions of people endure in lower/middle income countries (LMICs). One of the most
important examples of this difference is that Thoreau chose a temporary life of simplicity, not
because he had to, but because he wanted to test some philosophical truths. He famously writes
in chapter 2,

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.

It is clear from this passage that Thoreau's "poverty" is
voluntary, and that he lives simply not because he has to but because he wants to, as an
experiment. In contrast, most people in LIMC or urban poverty endure it out of necessity,
because they are unable to find a job or otherwise secure life's basic needs for themselves and
their families.

Thoreau performed his experiment in...