Books : Ralph Waldo Emerson: Selected Essays, Lectures and Poems
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by: Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 818.3
EAN: 9780553213881
ISBN: 0553213881
Label: Bantam Classics
Manufacturer: Bantam Classics
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 416
Publication Date: September 01, 1990
Publisher: Bantam Classics
Release Date: September 01, 1990
Sales Rank: 42458
Studio: Bantam Classics
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A new, wide-ranging selection of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s most influential writings, this edition captures the essence of American Transcendentalism and illustrates the breadth of one of America’s greatest philosophers and poets.
The writings featured here show Emerson as a protester against social conformity, a lover of nature, an activist for the rights of women and slaves, and a poet of great sensitivity. As explored in this volume, Emersonian thought is a unique blend of belief in individual freedom and in humility before the power of nature. “I become a transparent eyeball,” Emerson wrote in Nature, “I am nothing; I see all; the currents of the Universal Being circulate through me; I am part or particle of God.” Written over a century ago, this passage is a striking example of the passion and originality of Emerson’s ideas, which continue to serve as a spiritual center and an ideological base for modern thought.
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Rating:  - Ralph Waldo Emerson: Selected Essays, Lectures and Poems
Excellent writer, good ideas, but verbose to the extreme. I would enjoy Emerson if his flowery dialogues were to the point. Instead he endlessly adds so much snow to fill fill up a chapter that some of his brilliant thoughts are dulled. In my opinion most of the chapters could have been reduced to a page or two. If you like long conversations with people who endlessly drone on to make their point; if you enjoy long winded discussions, Emerson will entertain you.
Dr. Raymond DuRussel
Rating:  - At long last: someone worth reading....
I discovered Emerson at age 34, and it was like coming home. I have always been, I guess, a natural "transcendentalist". In other words, I instinctively and intuitively fell into a transcendentalist mindset and way of thinking without ever having read any. So I've read Thoreau and Annie Dillard and frankly can't stand either of them. I find them a little strained. Emerson, to me at least, is a different story. He writes like a god. He writes with authority, poetry and insight. He, to me, is worlds ... Read More
Rating: - Selected Essays, Lectures and Poems by Emerson
Emerson affirms the individual and self-reliant aspects of life.
Early in life, Emerson lost his father and 3 year old sister Mary Caroline. The author demonstrated the power of expression in translating truth to both verse and music. Some famous quotes from the book are as follows:
- The perfect friendship requires a rare nature..
- The fountains of my hidden life are through thy friendship fair.
- Man (person ) is all symmetry.
- Great geniuses have the shortest biographies. ... Read More
Rating: - A wonderful selection of essays!
I've had to read parts of this book for various classes, and read the rest on my own. Whether he's talking about his day, or the future, Emerson is right on the mark for many things, from the need to be self-reliant to society's views on religion. Of course, there are some things I don't agree with, as you'll also find...but there are just so many quotable lines here, which are incredibly thought-provoking and inspirational. If you haven't read this, please do!
Rating: - excellent retrospective of ages
histories, biographies, criticism, singular people like woodmen are the heroes through the ages; a booh making us stronger.
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