Ralph Waldo Emerson

The American Scholar was a speech given by Ralph Waldo Emerson in 1837, to the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Harvard College. Emerson argues that American culture, still heavily influenced by Europe, could build a new, distinctly American cultural identity. Emerson uses Transcendentalist and Romantic points of view to explain a true American scholar's relationship to nature. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. declared this speech to be America's Intellectual...

This collection includes two of Emerson's essays: History and Intellect. Emerson wrote most of his essays to be presented as lectures first, and later revised them for print. The essay History explores the nature and importance of historical understanding. Emerson holds that history is not simply a jumble of events and facts, but rather a living and dynamic force that can inspire and guide human action. In his essay Intellect, Emerson notes that the...

Emerson's discourse on the laws of compensation, takes on the notion that one who has money must be wicked and those who do not must be good, among other topics. It appeared in his book Essays, first published in 1841.

In The Poet, an essay by U.S. writer Ralph Waldo Emerson, the author expresses the need for the United States to have its own new and unique poet to write about the new country's virtues and vices. It is not about men of poetical talents, or of industry and skill in meter, but of the true poet. After reading the essay, Walt Whitman consciously set out to answer Emerson's call. When the 1855 edition of Leaves Of Grass was first published, Whitman sent...

The Classic Meditations on Attaining Power and Money-Now In Special Condensations The great philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson never hid from the question of how to use his ideas of self-directed living and empowerment. In Power-one of the Transcendentalist's most practical works-he reveals exactly how to identify and exert your will in the world. In Wealth he lays out the lasting steps to gaining resources and money. Now in this newly introduced and...

Circles is an essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson, first published in 1841. The essay reflects on the vast array of circles one may find throughout nature, and what is suggested by these circles in philosophical terms. In the opening line of the essay Emerson states The eye is the first circle; the horizon which it forms is the second; and throughout nature this primary figure is repeated without end.

"Insiste en ti mismo; nunca imites." Ralph Waldo Emerson CLÁSICO DEL TRASCENDENTALISMO NORTEAMERICANO. Autosuficiencia (Self-Reliance) es un breve ensayo sobre la importancia de confiar en uno mismo, publicado en 1841. Emerson aboga por una vida guiada por la voz interior, lejos de las imposiciones y expectativas sociales. Sus ideas sobre la independencia e integridad personal son tan relevantes hoy como lo fueron en el siglo XIX. El autor argumenta...

"Compensación" es un ensayo transcendentalista escrito por Emerson en 1841. En este trabajo, Emerson explora el concepto de la compensación como una ley universal que gobierna la vida y la naturaleza. Argumenta que el universo está equilibrado por una serie de fuerzas opuestas que se compensan mutuamente. Por ejemplo, la acción y la reacción, el bien y el mal, la causa y el efecto, están interconectados en un sistema de equilibrio. Emerson...

Contains six essays and one address selected from nineteenth-century author Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Essays, First Series."

Leadership is a life-changing, three-book collection of abridged classics designed to guide you towards success in all areas of your life. Niccolò Machiavelli's The Prince is history's greatest guide to attaining and keeping power; Ralph Waldo Emerson's Power has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it; and it may be said that no greater work on the subject of military...