The Spiritual Emerson: Essential Writings by Ralph Waldo EmersonRalph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) is known best in the twenty-first century as a literary innovator and early architect of American intellectual culture, but his writings still offer spiritual sustenance to the thoughtful reader. The Spiritual Emerson, originally published on the two hundredth anniversary of the writer's birth, brings together the writings that articulate Emerson's spiritual vision and promise the greatest relevance to today's reader. |
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User Review - Mitchell A. Leep - Goodreads"As long as the soul seeks an external god, it never can have peace." This is a wonderful collection of Emerson's insightful essays. I particularly love the long final paragraph in The Over-Soul. Read full review
Contents
SelfReliance 1841 | 83 |
Experience 1844 | 164 |
The Fugitive Slave Law 1854 | 189 |
Worship 1860 | 207 |
Essential Principles of Religion 1862 | 231 |
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| Title | The Spiritual Emerson: Essential Writings by Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| Author | Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| Editor | David M. Robinson |
| Publisher | Beacon Press, 2004 |
| ISBN | 0807077194, 9780807077191 |
| Length | 280 pages |
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