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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... Nature " ( 1836 ) , in which he sketched the ideas that his later writ- ings were to elaborate : " The use of natural history is to give us aid in supernatural history : the use of the outer creation ,
... Nature " ( 1836 ) , in which he sketched the ideas that his later writ- ings were to elaborate : " The use of natural history is to give us aid in supernatural history : the use of the outer creation ,
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... nature , so that the world shall be to us an open book , and every form significant of its hidden life and final cause . " This was followed by two profoundly influential orations , " The American Scholar , " a powerful statement of ...
... nature , so that the world shall be to us an open book , and every form significant of its hidden life and final cause . " This was followed by two profoundly influential orations , " The American Scholar , " a powerful statement of ...
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... Nature , " Behind nature , throughout nature , spirit is present . " No fire and brimstone creeds for him : even the Unitarian modifications to orthodox Congregationalism hadn't been radical enough for such a devout believer in the good ...
... Nature , " Behind nature , throughout nature , spirit is present . " No fire and brimstone creeds for him : even the Unitarian modifications to orthodox Congregationalism hadn't been radical enough for such a devout believer in the good ...
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... nature in us. What is thus leamed is delightful in the doing, and the effect remains. Right ethics are central, and go from the soul out\v-ard. (lift is contrary to the law of the universe. Serving others is serving us. I must absolve ...
... nature in us. What is thus leamed is delightful in the doing, and the effect remains. Right ethics are central, and go from the soul out\v-ard. (lift is contrary to the law of the universe. Serving others is serving us. I must absolve ...
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Seven Lectures Ralph Waldo Emerson. REPRESENTATIVE MEN I USES OF GREAT MEN It is natural to believe.
Seven Lectures Ralph Waldo Emerson. REPRESENTATIVE MEN I USES OF GREAT MEN It is natural to believe.
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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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