The Spiritual Emerson: Essential Writings by Ralph Waldo EmersonBeacon Press, 2004 M04 15 - 280 pages Ralph 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. |
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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