Representative Men: Seven Lectures - 9781542768474

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."

• | Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
• | Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• | Publication Date: Jan 26, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 184 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1542768470
• | ISBN-13: 9781542768474