Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Essayist, poet, and philosopher, Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) propounded a transcendental idealism emphasizing self-reliance, self-culture, and individual expression. The six essays and one address included in this volume, selected from Essays, First Series (1841) and Essays, Second Series (1844), offer a representative sampling of his views outlining that moral idealism as well as a hint of the later skepticism that colored
...3) Nature
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This version of Nature is an 1843 revision to the popular essay written and published in 1836. In the original essay, Emerson put forth the foundation of transcendentalism, and suggested that reality can be understood by studying nature. Within the essay, Emerson divides nature into four usages: Commodity, Beauty, Language and Discipline. These distinctions define how humans use nature for their basic needs, their desire for delight, their communication...
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A new, wide-ranging selection of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s most influential writings, this edition captures the essence of American Transcendentalism and illustrates the breadth of one of America’s greatest philosophers and poets.
The writings featured here show Emerson as a protester against social conformity, a lover of nature, an activist for the rights of women and slaves, and a poet of great sensitivity. As explored in this volume,...
The writings featured here show Emerson as a protester against social conformity, a lover of nature, an activist for the rights of women and slaves, and a poet of great sensitivity. As explored in this volume,...
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This concise volume collects the core writings that have made Ralph Waldo Emerson into a key source of insight for spiritual seekers of every faith—with an introduction by the bestselling philosopher Jacob Needleman.
Here is the essential collection of Emerson’s spiritual thought for those readers who understand the transformative quality of ideas. It is concise and suited to years of rereading and contemplation, offering the...
Here is the essential collection of Emerson’s spiritual thought for those readers who understand the transformative quality of ideas. It is concise and suited to years of rereading and contemplation, offering the...
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"Insiste en ti mismo; nunca imites." Ralph Waldo Emerson
CLÁSICO DEL TRASCENDENTALISMO NORTEAMERICANO.
Autosuficiencia (Self-Reliance) es un breve ensayo sobre la importancia de confiar en uno mismo, publicado en 1841. Emerson aboga por una vida guiada por la voz interior, lejos de las imposiciones y expectativas sociales.
Sus ideas sobre la independencia e integridad personal son tan relevantes hoy como lo fueron en el siglo XIX.
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This collection includes two of Emerson's essays: History and Intellect. Emerson wrote most of his essays to be presented as lectures first, and later revised them for print. The essay History explores the nature and importance of historical understanding. Emerson holds that history is not simply a jumble of events and facts, but rather a living and dynamic force that can inspire and guide human action. In his essay Intellect, Emerson notes that the...
8) Circles
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Circles is an essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson, first published in 1841. The essay reflects on the vast array of circles one may find throughout nature, and what is suggested by these circles in philosophical terms. In the opening line of the essay Emerson states The eye is the first circle; the horizon which it forms is the second; and throughout nature this primary figure is repeated without end.
9) Gifts
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In Gifts Ralph Waldo Emerson muses on the function of and expectations surrounding the giving of gifs. He touches on what gifts communicate about the nature of the giver and receiver, and how the best kind of gift is a gift of love.
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The Divinity School Address was delivered by Emerson to the graduating class of Harvard Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts on July 15, 1838. At the time, the Harvard community was strongly Unitarian, and Emerson's argument for a more transcendental view of God and faith was seen as radical, and touched off a great controversy. Prompted by his life experience, Emerson questioned the miracles of Jesus, argued for moral intuition over religious...
11) Manners
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In Manners, Ralph Waldo Emerson expounds on the meaning of customs and politeness in civil society. He argues that the purpose of manners is more to facilitate the creation and proper working of society, and not to establish hierarchies.
12) Power & Wealth
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The Classic Meditations on Attaining Power and Money-Now In Special Condensations The great philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson never hid from the question of how to use his ideas of self-directed living and empowerment. In Power-one of the Transcendentalist's most practical works-he reveals exactly how to identify and exert your will in the world. In Wealth he lays out the lasting steps to gaining resources and money. Now in this newly introduced and...
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In The Poet, an essay by U.S. writer Ralph Waldo Emerson, the author expresses the need for the United States to have its own new and unique poet to write about the new country's virtues and vices. It is not about men of poetical talents, or of industry and skill in meter, but of the true poet. After reading the essay, Walt Whitman consciously set out to answer Emerson's call. When the 1855 edition of Leaves Of Grass was first published, Whitman sent...
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In "Society and Solitude," Ralph Waldo Emerson navigates the intricate dance between the individual and the collective. With penetrating insight, Emerson explores the tension between the need for community and the quest for personal autonomy. Through a series of essays, he invites readers on a philosophical journey, examining the balance necessary for true self-fulfillment in the embrace of society while nurturing the sacred essence of solitude. A...
15) Compensation
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Emerson's discourse on the laws of compensation, takes on the notion that one who has money must be wicked and those who do not must be good, among other topics. It appeared in his book Essays, first published in 1841.
16) Heroism
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Building on and enriching ideas set forth in Self-Reliance, Emerson argues that true heroism is self-confidence and persistency in the face of corrosive pressures to conform to society.
17) Prudence
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The essay on Prudence was given as a lecture in a course on Human Culture, in the winter of 1837-8. It was published in the first series of Essays, which appeared in 1841. In it, Emerson describes Prudence as The virtue of the senses and admits to having little of it in himself.
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The American Scholar was a speech given by Ralph Waldo Emerson in 1837, to the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Harvard College. Emerson argues that American culture, still heavily influenced by Europe, could build a new, distinctly American cultural identity. Emerson uses Transcendentalist and Romantic points of view to explain a true American scholar's relationship to nature. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. declared this speech to be America's Intellectual...
19) Friendship
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Emerson's treatise on the nature of friendship. The only reward of virtue is virtue; the only way to have a friend is to be one.
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Essayiste, poète et philosophe, Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) est l'un des fondateurs du transcendantalisme américain, une philosophie qui met l'accent sur l'autonomie, l'introspection et l'importance de la nature pour l'être humain. Critique avisé des tendances déshumanisantes de la société moderne, en particulier de l'industrialisation naissante, il a diffusé ses idées par le biais de dizaines d'essais publiés et de plus de 1 500 conférences...