Ralph Waldo Emerson eBooks

Nature. E-book. Formato EPUB Ralph Waldo Emerson   -  E-Bookarama, 2025  - 

In his essay “Nature,” published by James Munroe and Company in 1836, Ralph Waldo Emerson exhibits an untraditional appreciation for the world around him. Concerned initially with the stars and the world around us, the grandeur of nature, Emerson then turns his attention onto how we perceive objects. “Nature” seeks to show humanity a new form of enlightening the human spirit and urges the formation of a strong link between man and the Universal Spirit. Emerson sees nature as an inspiration for people to grasp a deeper understanding of the spiritual world, so he begins by asserting that humans need to develop their own sense of self and their beliefs. He believes that solitary reflection within nature is the best way to accomplish this.Emerson also outlines the four ways that humans can benefit from nature; nature as commodity sustains life; nature as beauty provides inspiration and sensual awareness; nature as language suggests that words are imperfect descriptors, and that objects must speak for themselves; and nature as discipline allows people to find self-fulfilment.

English Traits. E-book. Formato EPUB Ralph Waldo Emerson   -  E-Bookarama, 2025  - 

"English Traits" (1856), by American author Ralph Waldo Emerson, comprises an account of his English visits in 1833 and 1847, and a series of general observations on national character. It is the note-book of a philosophic traveller. In the earlier chapters, the sketches of his visits to Coleridge, Carlyle, and Wordsworth, while personal in some degree, reveal Emerson’s character and humour in a delightful way. The trend of his mind to generalisation is evident in the titles given to the chapters. With the exception of ‘Stonehenge’ and ‘The Times,’ they are all abstract,—‘Race,’ ‘Ability,’ ‘Character,’ ‘Wealth,’ or ‘Religion.’ Far removed from provincialism, the tone is that of a beholder, kindred in race, who, while paying due respect to the stock from which he sprang, feels his own eyes purged of certain illusions still cherished by the Old World. These playthings, as it were, of a full-grown people,—the court and church ceremonial, thrones, mitres, bewigged officials. Lord Mayor’s shows,—amused the observer. "English Traits" remains unique as a searching analysis, full of generous admiration, of a foreign nation’s racial temperament, by a strongly original individuality.

The Conduct of Life. E-book. Formato EPUB Ralph Waldo Emerson   -  E-Bookarama, 2025  - 

First published in 1860 book, Ralph Waldo Emerson's book "The Conduct of Life" is among the gems of his mature works.First published in the year of Abraham Lincoln's election as President, this work poses the questions of human freedom and fate. The book also reveals a developed humanism together with a full awareness of human limitations and may be considered as partly confession. "The Conduct of Life" ostensibly is a set of essays about how to live life, but also is an amalgam of what life taught Emerson."The Conduct of Life" emphasizes Emerson's philosophy and thoughts on such issues as freedom and fate; creativity and established culture; faith, experience, and evidence; the individual, God, and the world; unity and dualism; moral law, grace, and compensation; and wealth and success.This is the best of Emerson's later works, qualifying his earlier popular essays, series one and two, with the heavier hand of experience.