Representative Men
β Scribed by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Year
- 2007;2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 178 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
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.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
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