Every Day With Emerson (1902)

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Kessinger Publishing, 2009 - 100 pagine
Every Day With Emerson is a collection of daily readings from the works of the renowned American essayist, poet, and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson. The book is divided into 365 sections, each containing a short excerpt from one of Emerson's essays or poems, accompanied by a brief commentary or reflection on its meaning and relevance to daily life. The readings cover a wide range of topics, including nature, self-reliance, spirituality, and the pursuit of happiness, and are intended to inspire and uplift readers with Emerson's timeless wisdom and insight. Originally published in 1902, Every Day With Emerson remains a beloved classic of American literature and a valuable resource for anyone seeking daily inspiration and guidance.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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Known primarily as the leader of the philosophical movement transcendentalism, which stresses the ties of humans to nature, Ralph Waldo Emerson, American poet and essayist, was born in Boston in 1803. From a long line of religious leaders, Emerson became the minister of the Second Church (Unitarian) in 1829. He left the church in 1832 because of profound differences in interpretation and doubts about church doctrine. He visited England and met with British writers and philosophers. It was during this first excursion abroad that Emerson formulated his ideas for Self-Reliance. He returned to the United States in 1833 and settled in Concord, Massachusetts. He began lecturing in Boston. His first book, Nature (1836), published anonymously, detailed his belief and has come to be regarded as his most significant original work on the essence of his philosophy of transcendentalism. The first volume of Essays (1841) contained some of Emerson's most popular works, including the renowned Self-Reliance. Emerson befriended and influenced a number of American authors including Henry David Thoreau. It was Emerson's practice of keeping a journal that inspired Thoreau to do the same and set the stage for Thoreau's experiences at Walden Pond. Emerson married twice (his first wife Ellen died in 1831 of tuberculosis) and had four children (two boys and two girls) with his second wife, Lydia. His first born, Waldo, died at age six. Emerson died in Concord on April 27, 1882 at the age of 78 due to pneumonia and is buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Concord, Massachusetts.

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