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Title: The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson by RALPH WALDO EMERSON, BROOKS ATKINSON, MARY OLIVER ISBN: 0-679-78322-9 Publisher: Modern Library Pub. Date: 12 September, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.89 (9 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Waters that keep me afloat
Comment: My daughter sent me one of these e-mail questionnaires intended to reveal your personality. One of the questions on it was, "What person, living or dead, would you give $10,000 to spend an hour with?" In that moment, I typed in "Ralph Waldo Emerson". He's not the only one, but I certainly would beg, borrow or steal $10,000 for an hour with him -- not Thoreau, not Whitman, not Schiller... but Emerson I would. And Goethe I would. But my simple heart lies closer to Emerson than to Goethe.
I have gone through 4-5 of his selected works, and this is one of my two favorite.
30 years ago, when I entered high school, we studied the Transcendentalists in a basic lit class, and something about Emerson just glowed in my mind. The teacher told me that with time I'd get to know other authors better, and Emerson would take his place alongside a legion of others. But he was in a degree mistaken. Emerson never did diminish. I have never fallen out of love with him. And the relationship is a serious one. When the shadow of doubt creeps over me that my presence on this planet might be some kind of horrendous mistake, I still crack open a volume of Emerson. And he has never failed to recall me to myself.
Rating: 5
Summary: Altering pieces of work
Comment: With all the books written about philosophy today, and in the past, this should be perhaps, by far, the most sought after work. Camus and Dostoevsky have contributed much to thought and philosophy of existentialism, but this seems to, in its own way, surpass any labeling of a type of philosophy.
Self-Reliance has to be one of the most understood pieces in the collection. Mr. Emerson speaks in a tone that is easily understood and thoughts explained in plain english, no degree required to understand. And once understood, ideas are easy to apply to our own life to better understand what we have read.
Without a doubt, this book is a must in any thinkers library. Walt Whitman says it best about this book, "I was simmering, simmering, simmering. Emerson brought me to a boil." A genius of a book.
Rating: 5
Summary: Life-Changing
Comment: All I can say is Emerson changed my life. Once I read "Self-Reliance" in school, his writing sparked my interest. I read a few more of his essays, then became "addicted" to this book. Despite its length, I read all of his essays and poems in 6 months. I highly recommend this book to anyone. Emerson is a genius. Everyone should read at least one of Emerson's essays in their lifetime. They are amazing.
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Title: The Spiritual Teachings of Ralph Waldo Emerson by Richard G. Geldard, Robert Richardson ISBN: 0970109733 Publisher: Lindisfarne Books Pub. Date: 15 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Self-Reliance and Other Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson ISBN: 0486277909 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 13 October, 1993 List Price(USD): $1.50 |
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Title: Walden and Other Writings by Brooks Atkinson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Peter Matthiessen ISBN: 0679783342 Publisher: Modern Library Pub. Date: 14 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: Civil Disobedience and Other Essays by Henry David Thoreau ISBN: 0486275639 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 20 May, 1993 List Price(USD): $1.50 |
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Title: Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman ISBN: 0553211161 Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 June, 1983 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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