Representative Men: Seven LecturesRandom House Publishing Group, 18. 12. 2007 - Počet stran: 192 Introduction by Brenda Wineapple In 1845 Ralph Waldo Emerson began a series of lectures and writings in which he limned six figures who embodied the principles and aspirations of a still-young American republic. Emerson offers timeless meditations on the value of individual greatness, reconnecting readers with the everyday virtues of his “Representative Men”: Plato, in whose writings are contained “the culture of nations”; Emanuel Swedenborg, a “rich discoverer” who strove to unite the scientific and spiritual planes; Michel de Montaigne, “the frankest and honestest of all writers”; William Shakespeare, who “wrote the text of modern life”; Napoleon Bonaparte, who had the “virtues and vices” of common men writ large; and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, who “in conversation, in calamity…finds new materials.” This Modern Library Paperback Classic reflects the author’s corrections for an 1876 reprinting. |
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... material elements had their origin from his thought. And our philosophy finds one essence collected or distributed. lf now we proceed to inquire into the kinds of service we derive from others, let us be \varned of the danger of modern ...
... material elements had their origin from his thought. And our philosophy finds one essence collected or distributed. lf now we proceed to inquire into the kinds of service we derive from others, let us be \varned of the danger of modern ...
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... material or metaphysical aid, as of health, eternal youth, fine senses, arts of healing, magical power, and prophecy. The boy helieves there is a teacher who can sell him wisdom. Churches believe in imputed merit. But, in strictness, we ...
... material or metaphysical aid, as of health, eternal youth, fine senses, arts of healing, magical power, and prophecy. The boy helieves there is a teacher who can sell him wisdom. Churches believe in imputed merit. But, in strictness, we ...
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... material thing has its celestial side; has its translation, through humanity, into the spiritual and necessary sphere, where it plays a part as indestructible as any other. And to these, their ends, all things continually ascend. The ...
... material thing has its celestial side; has its translation, through humanity, into the spiritual and necessary sphere, where it plays a part as indestructible as any other. And to these, their ends, all things continually ascend. The ...
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... material elements had their origin from his thought . And our philoso- phy finds one essence collected or distributed . If now we proceed to inquire into the kinds of service we derive from others , let us be warned of the danger of ...
... material elements had their origin from his thought . And our philoso- phy finds one essence collected or distributed . If now we proceed to inquire into the kinds of service we derive from others , let us be warned of the danger of ...
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... material or metaphysical aid , as of health , eternal youth , fine senses , arts of healing , magical power , and prophecy . The boy be- lieves there is a teacher who can sell him wisdom . Churches believe in imputed merit . But , in ...
... material or metaphysical aid , as of health , eternal youth , fine senses , arts of healing , magical power , and prophecy . The boy be- lieves there is a teacher who can sell him wisdom . Churches believe in imputed merit . But , in ...
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PLATO OR THE PHILOSOPHER | 23 |
SWEDENBORG OR THE MYSTIC | 53 |
MONTAIGNE OR THE SCEPTIC | 85 |
SHAKSPEARE OR THE POET | 107 |
NAPOLEON OR THE MAN OF THE WORLD | 126 |
GOETHE OR THE WRITER | 147 |
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