A Year with Emerson: A DaybookD.R. Godine, 2003 - 231 psl. Arranged for daily inspiration, wisdom from one of America's great visionary and philosophical minds. "A chief event of life is that day on which we have encountered a mind that startled us." A Year with Emerson is a feast of 365 such days. Known throughout the world for his cogent, epigrammatic writing, admired as the "George Washington of American Literature," his work is even more enriching in bigger doses. Daily almanac entries present the heart of Ralph Waldo Emerson's ideas and philosophy. Some were written on the very day in which they appear in the book, some are speculations and musings of the season and the natural world, but all are unfailingly wise, still relevant to our modern times. Emerson's mind ranged across the universe even as he traveled the length and breadth of the United States and Europe. With Emerson as a companion and guide, we meet the ideas and personalities he championed and encountered, from Lincoln to John Muir, from Carlyle to Montaigne, and, of course, the close New England circle of Hawthorne, Thoreau, Margaret Fuller, and the Alcotts. With company such as this, and the scope of Emerson's vision, you're sure to encounter rich food for thought every day of the year. |
Knygos viduje
Rezultatai 1–3 iš 21
... young man ... the general system of our trade ... is a system of self- ishness ; it is not dictated by the high sentiments of human nature ; is not measured by the exact law of reciprocity , much less by the sentiments of love and ...
... lin for the grace of his epigrammatic advice . The young man relying on his instincts who has only a good intention is apt to feel ashamed of his inaction & the slightness of his virtue when in the presence of the 92 MAY •
... young men grow up in libraries , believing it their duty to accept the views which Cicero , which Locke , which Bacon , have given ; forgetful that Cicero , Locke , and Bacon were only young men in libraries when they wrote these books ...