Essays - First SeriesThe Floating Press, 2009 M01 1 - 314 pages American essayist, philosopher and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882) lead Transcendentalism in the early nineteenth century and greatly influenced the later New Thought movement. Summing up his work, Emerson said that his primary principle was "the infinitude of the private man", and advised to "make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you." His First Series collects together the following 12 essays: History, Self-Reliance, Compensation, Spiritual Laws, Love, Friendship, Prudence, Heroism, The Over-Soul, Circles, Intellect and Art. |
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Dana Livoti with Anne Oliveri. Hello boys and girls, How are you feeling today? I feel happy. It feels good to be me! Do you know why? I learned that feeling happy is a choice I can make because I am empowered to be a creator of my own ...
Dana Livoti with Anne Oliveri. Hello boys and girls, How are you feeling today? I feel happy. It feels good to be me! Do you know why? I learned that feeling happy is a choice I can make because I am empowered to be a creator of my own ...
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Kirsty Holmes. HowDoWe Feel When We're Lonely? You might feel an ache in your heart... ...you might feel afraid to speak... ...you might feel like you are ... or feel sad and want to cry. empty inside... You might want to be on your own ...
Kirsty Holmes. HowDoWe Feel When We're Lonely? You might feel an ache in your heart... ...you might feel afraid to speak... ...you might feel like you are ... or feel sad and want to cry. empty inside... You might want to be on your own ...
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... feeling hungry and to feel satiated; you seek a mate to avoid feeling lonely and to feel in love; you work hard to provide for your children to enable them to succeed in life because this will make you happy and proud while their ...
... feeling hungry and to feel satiated; you seek a mate to avoid feeling lonely and to feel in love; you work hard to provide for your children to enable them to succeed in life because this will make you happy and proud while their ...
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Cari Meister. Things to do when you feel happy: • Tell your family and friends how you feel. Index song. crying, 17 • Sing or dance to your favorite • Take a silly picture of yourself and hang it on the refrigerator. dancing, 6 eyes, 11 ...
Cari Meister. Things to do when you feel happy: • Tell your family and friends how you feel. Index song. crying, 17 • Sing or dance to your favorite • Take a silly picture of yourself and hang it on the refrigerator. dancing, 6 eyes, 11 ...
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... feel ashamed, guilty, self-hating, anxious, neurotic, paranoid, sexually hung up. One also confronts what it is to feel strange, feel funny, feel alienated from what Kafka may well have imagined to be natural feelings. Indeed, what ...
... feel ashamed, guilty, self-hating, anxious, neurotic, paranoid, sexually hung up. One also confronts what it is to feel strange, feel funny, feel alienated from what Kafka may well have imagined to be natural feelings. Indeed, what ...
Contents
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39 | |
Compensation | 80 |
Spiritual Laws | 112 |
Love | 145 |
Friendship | 164 |
Prudence | 188 |
Heroism | 207 |
The OverSoul | 226 |
Circles | 254 |
Intellect | 274 |
Art | 295 |
Endnotes | 313 |
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