Ralph Waldo Emerson

Self-Reliance (eBook, ePUB)

And Selected Essays

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) was an American essayist, lecturer, and poet, who led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century.He was seen as a champion of individualism and a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society, and he disseminated his thoughts through dozens of published essays and more than 1,500 public lectures across the United States.Self Reliance essay contains the most thorough statement of one of Emerson's recurrent themes, the need for each individual to avoid conformity and false consistency, and follow his or her own instincts and ideas. It is the source of one of Emerson's most famous quotations: "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines."Self-Reliance is Ralph Waldo Emerson’s compilation of many years’ works and the archetype for his transcendental philosophies. Emerson presupposes that the mind is initially subject to an unhappy conformism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Ralph Waldo Emerson
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Juli 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9786050312072
• Artikelnr.: 41512419

Autorenporträt

RALPH WALDO EMERSON (1803-1882) was an American poet and essayist. Universally known as the Sage of Concord, Emerson established himself as a leading spokesman of transcendentalism and as a major figure in American literature. His additional works include a series of lectures published as Representative Men (1850), The Conduct of Life (1860), and Society and Solitude (1870).

Inhaltsangabe

The Waldo Emerson Essay
1. The Value of Barriers to Self-Reliance
2. Self-Reliance and the Individual
3. Self-Reliance and Society
Twelve essays by Jessica Helfand
On Learning
On Gravity
On Closure
On Loneliness
On Character
On Uncertainty
On Magnanimity
On Love
On Alchemy
On Chance
On Authenticity
On Individualism
On Narrative