Hermit

A hermit (from the Greek erēmos, signifying "desert", "uninhabited", hence "desert-dweller") is a person who lives to some greater or lesser degree in seclusion and/or isolation from society.

Non-religious hermits

It is also possible for people to forsake human society for reasons other than religion. For example, Henry David Thoreau spent two years living an essentially solitary life near Walden Pond in pursuit of a simple, environmentally-friendly life. In a more notorious case, Theodore Kaczynski, known as the "Unabomber", lived in a remote cabin in Montana which gave him both refuge from what he viewed as a society corrupted by technology and privacy to build mailbombs.

Related Topics:
Henry David Thoreau - Walden Pond - Environmentally-friendly - Theodore Kaczynski - Montana - Technology - Mailbomb

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