The Spiritual Teachings of Ralph Waldo Emerson - Couverture souple

Geldard, Richard

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0970109733 ISBN 13 : 9780970109736

Editeur : Lindisfarne Books, 2001

Synopsis

No one who has ever felt the life-changing pull of Emerson’s enormous mind, has ever doubted his power or his greatness; though we are often puzzled to know whether he is primarily a poet, an essayist, or a philosopher.

Richard Geldard is not puzzled at all by this: he has written a book which plainly shows the essential Emerson to be a teacher, the Socrates of Massachusetts, a man with a message that we need to hear today. It is argued that previous generations 'beheld God and nature face to face' in contrast to modern life, where he suggests people seem able only to see those things through the eyes of earlier generations. Thus the question is raised: '... why should not we also enjoy an original relation to the universe? Why should not we have a poetry and philosophy of insight and not of tradition, and a revelation to us, and not the history of theirs?'

Emerson’s life was devoted to showing how one may still attain an original, that is to say, an authentic, relation to the universe. Geldard’s book aims to focus and distill the famously diverse Emerson and put his central teachings within the scope of the modern reader.

The previous edition of this books was titled The Esoteric Emerson: the Spiritual Teachings of Ralph Waldo Emerson.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Richard Geldard holds a Doctorate in Dramatic Literature and Classics from Stanford University, USA, and was previously Professor of Philosophy at Yeshiva University. Some of his most recent titles are Remembering Heraclitus and Traveller s Key to Ancient Greece.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Lindisfarne Books
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0970109733
• ISBN 13: 9780970109736
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 224
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• Personne responsable: non disponible