... of academic, business, and government carreers. They found it to be "better to live simply, be poor, and have time to wander and write (Snyder, Place in Space)- rather than hold nine-to-five jobs. They often used marijuana and cheap wine to fuel their creative energy in ... Place in Space) Snyder and the Beat Generation spent much time thinking and discussing the nature of the human individual. In Snyder's essay "Notes on the Beat Generation-, he links the beats to Occidentals in Zen Buddhism. The Occidentals practiced existentialism, which was a modern pacifist anarchist movement. The...

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