Representative Men: Seven Lectures - Softcover

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 151429611X ISBN 13: 9781514296110

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Synopsis

It is natural to believe in great men. If the companions of our childhood should turn out to be heroes, and their condition regal, it would not surprise us. All mythology opens with demigods, and the circumstance is high and poetic; that is, their genius is paramount. In the legends of the Gautama, the first men ate the earth, and found it deliciously sweet.

About this title

About the Author:

Ralph Waldo Emerson was born on May 25, 1803, in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1821, he took over as director of his brother’s school for girls. In 1823, he wrote the poem “Good-Bye.” In 1832, he became a Transcendentalist, leading to the later essays “Self-Reliance” and “The American Scholar.” Emerson continued to write and lecture into the late 1870s. He died on April 27, 1882, in Concord, Massachusetts.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 151429611X
• ISBN 13: 9781514296110
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 100