THE ESSAYS OF RALPH WALDO EMERSON
by EMERSON, RALPH WALDO
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Plus/No Dust Jacket
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Prairie Village, Kansas, United States
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Synopsis
American essayist, philosopher and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882) lead Transcendentalism in the early nineteenth century and greatly influenced the later New Thought movement. Summing up his work, Emerson said that his primary principle was "the infinitude of the private man", and advised to "make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you." His First Series collects together the following 12 essays: History, Self-Reliance, Compensation, Spiritual Laws, Love, Friendship, Prudence, Heroism, The Over-Soul, Circles, Intellect and Art.
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- Bookseller
- Glenn Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014998
- Title
- THE ESSAYS OF RALPH WALDO EMERSON
- Author
- EMERSON, RALPH WALDO
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- Collector's Edition
- Publisher
- The Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 1979
- Size
- Quarto
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- American Literature, Fine Binding
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