Representative Men

Biography & Memoir, Historical, Nonfiction
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Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson ISBN: 1230003195727
Publisher: Rastro Books Publication: April 20, 2019
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
ISBN: 1230003195727
Publisher: Rastro Books
Publication: April 20, 2019
Imprint:
Language: English

Representative Men is a collection of seven lectures by Ralph Waldo Emerson, published as a book of essays in 1850. The first essay discusses the role played by "great men" in society, and the remaining six each extol the virtues of one of six men deemed by Emerson to be great:

  • Plato ("the Philosopher")
  • Emanuel Swedenborg ("the Mystic")
  • Michel de Montaigne ("the Skeptic")
  • William Shakespeare ("the Poet")
  • Napoleon ("the Man of the World")
  • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ("the Writer")

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882) was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. He was seen as a champion of individualism and a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society, and he disseminated his thoughts through dozens of published essays and more than 1,500 public lectures across the United States.

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Representative Men is a collection of seven lectures by Ralph Waldo Emerson, published as a book of essays in 1850. The first essay discusses the role played by "great men" in society, and the remaining six each extol the virtues of one of six men deemed by Emerson to be great:

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882) was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. He was seen as a champion of individualism and a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society, and he disseminated his thoughts through dozens of published essays and more than 1,500 public lectures across the United States.

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