Musaicum Books presents to you this unique collection, designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices: Introduction:Ralph Waldo EmersonBooks:The Conduct of Life:FatePowerWealthCultureBehaviorWorshipConsiderations by the WayBeautyIllusionsEssays-First Series:HistorySelf-RelianceCompensationSpiritual LawsLoveFriendshipPrudenceHeroismThe Over-SoulCirclesIntellectArtEssays-Second Series:The PoetExperienceCharacterMannersGiftsNaturePoliticsNominalist and RealistNew England ReformersNature:CommodityBeautyLanguageDisciplineIdealismSpiritProspectsRepresentative Men:PlatoEmanuel SwedenborgMichel de MontaigneWilliam ShakespeareNapoleonJohann Wolfgang von GoetheAddresses and Lectures:The American ScholarAn Address in Divinity CollegeLiterary EthicsThe Method of NatureMan the ReformerLecture on The TimesThe ConservativeThe TranscendentalistThe Young American
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Ralph Waldo Emerson is best known as being a leader of the transcendentalist movement, a philosophy that emerged in the mid 19th century in New England. Transcendentalism was a general protest against established society and culture at the time that sought an ideal spiritual state that 'transcends' the physical and empirical and is only realized through the individual's intuition, rather than through the doctrines of established religions. In this collection, which includes such favorite poems as «The Rhodora,» «Uriel,» «The Humble-Bee,» «Earth-Song,» «Give All to Love,» and «Concord Hymn», the reader will find Emerson's poetic expression of this philosophy. In total there are over 150 poems in this volume along with reproductions of the photogravures that accompanied the original edition.
This collection of the first series of essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson collects some of the classic thoughts of this important American and leader of the Transcendentalist movement. Contained in this volume are the following essays: History, Self-Reliance, Compensation, Spiritual Laws, Love, Friendship, Prudence, Heroism, The Over-Soul, Circles, Intellect, and Art.
This collection of the second series of essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson collects some of the classic thoughts of this important American and leader of the Transcendentalist movement. Contained in this volume are the following essays: The Poet, Experience, Character, Manners, Gifts, Nature, Politics, Nominalist and Realist, and New England Reformers.
This collection of the first and second series of essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson collects some of the classic thoughts of this important American and leader of the Transcendentalist movement. Contained in this volume are the following essays: History, Self-Reliance, Compensation, Spiritual Laws, Love, Friendship, Prudence, Heroism, The Over-Soul, Circles, Intellect, Art, The Poet, Experience, Character, Manners, Gifts, Nature, Politics, Nominalist and Realist, and New England Reformers.
American essayist, lecturer, poet, and leader of the Transcendentalist movement, Ralph Waldo Emerson was a champion of individualism and major critic of the prevailing society of his time. Emerson forwarded his ideology by publishing dozens of essays and giving over 1500 lectures in the United States during his lifetime. Emerson's philosophy did not espouse any specific tenets but rather promoted generally the principles of individuality, freedom, the ability for humankind to realize almost anything, and the relationship between the soul and the surrounding world. Gathered together in this volume is a comprehensive selection of his writings which includes the following: «Nature», «The American Scholar», «An Address Delivered Before Divinity College», «The Transcendentalist», «The Lord's Supper», «Essays (First and Second Series)», «Plato», «Napoleon», «English Traits», Selections from «The Conduct of Life», «Solitude and Society», «Farming», «Ezra Ripley», «Emancipation in the British West Indies», «The Fugitive Slave Law», «John Brown», «The Emancipation Proclamation», «Thoreau», «Abraham Lincoln», «Carlyle», and a selection of his poetry.
During the 1800s in America, the rise of technology allowed people to have more possessions than ever before, and at a cheaper cost. However, a group known as the Transcendentalists believed that possessions created vanity. Instead, they valued the individual's relationship with divinity. One of the movements most famous members, Ralph Waldo Emerson, wrote prolifically about his beliefs and experiences, and many of those writings have been chronicled in «Essays & Poems by Ralph Waldo Emerson.» It is in the first essay, «Nature,» that Emerson publicly acknowledges the transcendental lifestyle. He describes how man-made technology detracts from the beauty of the real world. Through nature, Emerson says that people can find spirituality and wholeness. This exploration of the natural world continues in his other essays and speeches «An American Scholar,» and «Circles» as well as in the poem «The Rhodora.» The lyrics to «Concord Hymn» are also included in the collection. The song was written for a dedication ceremony of a battle monument commemorating the Battle of Concord. The lyrics celebrate the spirit of the American battle and praise the soldiers who lost their lives for freedom and revolution. It was in this song that the phrase «the shot heard 'round the world» became a part of American folklore and popularity. Emerson also explored the American political spectrum in his essay «Politics.» The author believed that, through individual growth and wisdom, it would be possible for Americans to abolish government and rule autonomously. Until that point, though, the State needed to protect the individuals' rights. Readers can explore Emerson's philosophies, ideas and more in the expansive collection of «Essays & Poems by Ralph Waldo Emerson.»
Essayist, poet, and philosopher, Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) propounded a transcendental idealism emphasizing self-reliance, self-culture, and individual expression. The six essays and one address included in this volume, selected from Essays, First Series (1841) and Essays, Second Series (1844), offer a representative sampling of his views outlining that moral idealism as well as a hint of the later skepticism that colored his thought. In addition to the celebrated title essay, the others included here are «History,» «Friendship,» «The Over-Soul,» «The Poet,» and «Experience,» plus the well-known and frequently read Harvard Divinity School Address.
He was an ordained minister, renowned orator, and beloved author and poet whose ideas on nature, philosophy, and religion influenced authors such as Henry David Thoreau and Walt Whitman. Through his writings, Emerson ardently professed the importance of being an individual, resisting the comfort of conformity, and creating an art of living in harmony with nature. This soul-satisfying anthology of twelve favorite essays is a treasure.In the title essay, Emerson writes about the extraordinary power of nature as a way of bringing the divine into our lives. In «Gifts,» he reminds us that flowers and gold may be acceptable to those we love, but «the only gift is a portion of thyself.» «Spiritual Laws» points out that because a higher law than our own rules the world, there is no need for struggle. Other essays include «Character,» «Prudence,» «Intellect,» «Love,» «Beauty,» «The American Scholar» address and others. Readers of all ages will want to keep this volume on hand to inspire and refresh the spirit