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The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson - Volume 6

Description : THE COMPLETE WORKS OF RALPH WALDO EMERSON VOLUMEAmerican Scholar Digital Editions is proud and privileged to offer the twelve volume set ofThe Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emersonin electronic book format for the first time Our editions are based on the Centenary Edition published inand edited by Edward Waldo Emerson There can hardly be an argument that Ralph Waldo Emerson is the greatest humanistphilosophical mind produced in the

Western Hemisphere Over ayears ago the legendary German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche a man not given to praising his contemporaries much if at all picked Emerson as the best there was writing in English And he handily reworked Emersonian themes without attribution I should add From a literaryartistic point of view thevolumes The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson represent a truly astonishing body of thought both in depth and breadth To read a paragraph an essay or an entire volume is to hear a series of bells chiming with truth The Emersonian style taut sentences carrying shimmering ideas cascades page on page covering the scope of human experience friendship death love God nature commerce education evil grace politics Emerson writes on each with a passion and lucidity that always leaves lovers of the finest prose breathless His poetry and he thought of himself as primarily a poet is a fine grouping that takes us along a spiritual journey from the death of his beloved son to odes written for a favorite riverbank His biographies of such figures as Michelangelo and Plato are insightfuldelightfuland as understanding as any written in the English language A classicclassicThe Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emersonis a timelessly crafted monument to human intellect Every page is replete with vintage genius to be sipped and savored like the finest wines Ted Dracos Editor and Publisher American Scholar Digital Editions TABLE OF CONTENTS FATE POWER WEALTH CULTURE BEHAVIOR WORSHIP CONSIDERATIONS BY THE WAY BEAUTY ILLUSIONS