The Spiritual Emerson: Essential Works by Ralph Waldo Emerson - Couverture souple

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1585426423 ISBN 13 : 9781585426423

Editeur : Penguin Publishing Group, 2008

Synopsis

This concise volume collects the core writings that have made Ralph Waldo Emerson into a key source of insight for spiritual seekers of every faith—with an introduction by the bestselling philosopher Jacob Needleman.

Here is the essential collection of Emerson’s spiritual thought for those readers who understand the transformative quality of ideas. It is concise and suited to years of rereading and contemplation, offering the essays that trace the arc of the inner message brought by America’s “Yankee Mystic.”

The Spiritual Emerson features many of Emerson’s landmark works. Yet also included are overlooked classics, such as the essays “Fate” and “Success,” which served as major sources of inspiration to some of the leading American metaphysical thinkers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The introduction by religious scholar and philosopher Jacob Needleman frames—historically and philosophically—the development of Emerson’s thought and explores why it has such a powerful hold on us today.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803­–1882) was a renowned lecturer and writer whose ideas on philosophy, religion, and literature influenced many writers, including Henry David Thoreau and Walt Whitman. After an undergraduate career at Harvard, he studied at Harvard Divinity School and became an ordained minister, continuing a long line of ministers in his family. He traveled widely and lectured, and became well known for his publications Essays and Nature.

Jacob Needleman is professor of philosophy at San Francisco State University. He is the author of many bestselling books, including, most recently, A Little Book on Love.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Publishing Group
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1585426423
• ISBN 13: 9781585426423
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 240
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