Ralph Emerson: 189 books

Ralph Waldo Emerson (* 25. Mai 1803 in Boston, Massachusetts; † 27. April 1882 in Concord, Massachusetts) war ein US-amerikanischer Philosoph, Schriftsteller und Führer der Transzendentalisten in Neuengland. Sein erstes Buch, Nature, veröffentlichte er 1836 im Alter von 33 Jahren. In dieser Sammlung...

Ralph Waldo Emerson (* 25. Mai 1803 in Boston, Massachusetts; † 27. April 1882 in Concord, Massachusetts) war ein US-amerikanischer Philosoph, Schriftsteller und Führer der Transzendentalisten in Neuengland. Sein erstes Buch, Nature, veröffentlichte er 1836 im Alter von 33 Jahren. In dieser Sammlung...

In Self-Reliance, Emerson expounds on the importance of trusting your soul, as well as divine providence, to carve out a life. A firm believer in nonconformity, Emerson celebrates the individual and stresses the value of listening to the inner voice unique to each of us—even when it defies society's...

Published in 1876, this collection was shepherded into print by Emerson's daughter, Ellen Tucker Emerson, and his friend, James Elliot Cabot, due to Emerson's diminished health.  But the essays themselves, especially the masterful "Poetry and the Imagination," a ringing defense of the symbolic power of poetry, belie the notion of any decline.

"Lo que hace vigente hoy el pensamiento de R.W. Emerson es su visión de la naturaleza, ese grandioso escenario que nos empeñamos en destruir con ahínco pero que nos sigue aportando razones, verdades e imágenes para reconstruir un nuevo orden de la existencia. Emerson es tan actual porque encarna...

He was an ordained minister, renowned orator, and beloved author and poet whose ideas on nature, philosophy, and religion influenced authors such as Henry David Thoreau and Walt Whitman. Through his writings, Emerson ardently professed the importance of being an individual, resisting the comfort of...

Here’s Emerson’s second volume of Essays, published 1844, further establishes Emerson’s role as leader of the Transcendentalist movement. Contents: The Poet Experience Character Manners Gifts Nature Politics Nominalist and Realist. New England Reformers

This 1870 collection of essays was drawn from Emerson’s lectures delivered over the previous twelve years.  The title essay features Emerson's defense of solitude against the demands of society.  Among the other works included are "Civilization," "Art," "Eloquence," "Domestic Life," "Works and Days," and "Old Age."

This version of Nature is an 1843 revision to the popular essay written and published in 1836. In the original essay, Emerson put forth the foundation of transcendentalism, and suggested that reality can be understood by studying nature. Within the essay, Emerson divides nature into four usages: Commodity,...

This collection of essays, published in 1856, grew out of Emerson's travels in England, undertaken shortly after he resigned his ministry following a loss of faith.  An insightful survey of English history and manners, English Traits also features accounts of Emerson's meetings with such luminaries as Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Carlyle.

This 1860 collection, based on Emerson's lectures, contains classic essays on broad topics such as "Fate," "Power," "Wealth," "Culture," and "Worship," among others. Printed in the year Lincoln became President, it probes questions of the necessary conditions for human life and freedom. Emerson's friend,...

Esta edición presenta por vez primera en castellano las dos series de los "Ensayos" de Emerson, publicadas por separado en 1841 y 1844, tal como fueron concebidas por su autor. El volumen ocupa una posición central en la producción del filósofo de Concord, entre las iniciales perspectivas...

This is one of the most complete collections of Emerson's poems. He, a leader in the Transcendentalist movement, was known for his inspirational and powerful lyrical works. This is the extended annotated edition containing a rare biological essay about Emerson an his life. The poems are divided into...

I saggi qui raccolti – Società e solitudine , Amicizia, Doni, La superanima, Vita e letteratura nel New England, Carattere – permettono di cogliere il delicato equilibrio che Emerson stabilisce tra istanze sociali e fiducia in se stessi . Lo spirito moderno sta dal lato dell’individuo, che...