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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... seems to have been in giving new meaning to the old truths of religion. One of his hearers has said: “In looking back on his preaching I find he has impressed truths to which I always assented in such a manner as to make them appear new ...
... seem as if the most illiterate person with a scrap of commonsense would have made the same.... We become wiser with them, and know not how the difficult appears easy and the involved plain. “Emerson possesses this noble manner of ...
... remarkable, rare, very rare, in these days of ours. Ach Gott! It is frightful to live among echoes. The few that read the book, I imagine, will get benefit of it. To America, I sometimes say that Emerson, such as he is, seems to me like.
... seems to me like a kind of New Era.” John Morley, the acute English critic, has made an analytic study of Emerson's style, which may reconcile the reader to some of its exasperating peculiarities. “One of the traits that every critic ...
... seem to prescribe to this day,—the AMERICAN SCHOLAR. Year by year we come up hither to read one more chapter of his biography. Let us inquire what new lights, new events, and more days have thrown on his character, his duties, and his ...