Essays: Essays: Ralph Waldo Emerson Shares Thought-Provoking ReflectionsPrabhat Prakashan, 2021 M01 1 - 151 pages Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson: Dive into the world of transcendentalism and philosophical exploration with Ralph Waldo Emerson's collection of essays. Emerson's writings touch on themes of individualism, nature, self-reliance, and the human spirit, inviting readers to reflect on the essence of existence. Key Aspects of the Book "Essays": Ralph Waldo Emerson, born in 1803 in Massachusetts, was a leading figure of the transcendentalist movement. He was a philosopher, essayist, and lecturer known for his contributions to American literature and his exploration of individualism and spirituality. Emerson's essays continue to inspire philosophical discussions and self-examination. |
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... century, so Emerson's Essays are, I think, the most important work done in prose.... But by his conviction that in the life of the spirit is happiness, and by his hope that this life of the spirit will come more and more to be sanely ...
... century, in a millenium, one or two men; 72 that is to say, one or two approximations to the right state of every man. All the rest behold in the hero or the poet their own green and crude being,—ripened; yes, and are content to be less ...
... centuries are conspirators against the sanity and authority of the soul. Time and space are but physiological colors which the eye makes, but the soul is light; where it is, is day; where it was, is night; and history is an impertinence ...
... century avail to educate greater men than Plutarch's264 heroes, three or four and twenty centuries ago. Not in time is the race progressive. Phocion, 265 Socrates, Anaxagoras, 266 Diogenes, 267 are great men, but they leave no class. He ...
... century, a good model of that genius which the world loves, in Mr. Fox, 428 who added to his great abilities the most social disposition, and real love of men. Parliamentary history has few better passages than the debate, in which ...