Selected Essays - Couverture souple

Emerson, Ralph

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0140390138 ISBN 13 : 9780140390131

Editeur : Penguin Classics, 1982

Synopsis

Ralph Waldo Emerson believed that an appreciation of its vast natural resources would become the foundation of American culture. His assertion that human thought and actions proceed from nature, was a radical departure from the traditional European emphasis on domesticating nature to suit human needs. His philosophy is rich in common natural scenes of daily life, and expresses the inherent harmony between man and nature. This collection brings together 15 of Emerson's most significant essays, including "Nature", "The American Scholar", "Self-reliance" and "The Transcendentalist", as well as his assessments of Montaigne, Napoleon and Thoreau.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

We live in succession, in division, in parts, in particles. Meantime within man is the soul of the whole; the wise silence; the universal beauty, to which every part and particle is equally related, the eternal ONE. And this deep power in which we exist and whose beatitude is all accessible to us, is not only self-sufficing and perfect in every hour, but the act of seeing and the thing seen, the seer and the spectacle, the subject and the object, are one. We see the world piece by piece, as the sun, the moon, the animal, the tree; but the whole, of which these are shining parts, is the soul.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Classics
• Date d'édition: 1982
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0140390138
• ISBN 13: 9780140390131
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 416
• Éditeur: Ziff Larzer
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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