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."

Media	Książki Paperback Book (Książka z miękką okładką i klejonym grzbietem)
Wydane	26 stycznia 2017
ISBN13	9781542768474
Wydawcy	Createspace Independent Publishing Platf
Strony	184
Wymiary	152 × 229 × 10 mm · 254 g
Język	English

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