Representative Men

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Language: English

Genres: Contemporary Non-fiction Philosophy

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1. 01: I: The Uses of Great Men
2. 02: II: Plato, Or The Philosopher
3. 03: II: Plato, New Readings
4. 04: III: Swedenborg, Or The Mystic
5. 05: IV: Montaigne, Or, The Skeptic (Part 1)
6. 06: IV: Montaigne, Or, The Skeptic (Part 2)
7. 07: V: Shakspeare, Or, The Poet
8. 08: VI: Napoleon, Or, The Man of the World
9. 09: VII: Goethe, Or, The Writer

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A series of biographical lectures originally published in 1850. Each chapter is a philosophical treatment of the life of an intellectual. The six representatives are Plato, Swedenborg, Shakespeare, Montaigne, Napolean and Goethe. (Introduction by S. Kovalchik)