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published
November 15th 1983
by Library of America
binding
Hardcover, 1150 pages
isbn
0940450151
(isbn13: 9780940450158)
description
The major works of Emerson's most productive period in their entirety: "Nature: Addresses and Lectures," "Essays: First and Second Seri...more
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Am I putting this up here just to make myself look smart? Ummm...let's skip that one, and just say that I'd never read him before, might have missed him if it hadn't been assigned for class and I really loved this book. Scary how perfectly someone could nail the America of today when writing over a hundred years ago. Also gotta love someone who tells students at the Harvard Divinity school that it's okay not to get into Jesus if you're not feeling him (not an exact quote). John Lennon would ...more
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Read in November, 2008
this book i love it concise and to the point another book for the serious minded
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march, 2003, ash's pick, THEME: Art, the pursuit of immortality
through the creative expression of beauty. Similarly the limitation and boundlessness of art. "The Art". Paired with Oscar Wilde's "The Artist" and "The Decay of Lying" and Two Articles by Art Critics: "Art of 9/11" by Arthur Danto & "This is not John Perreault" by John Perreault
through the creative expression of beauty. Similarly the limitation and boundlessness of art. "The Art". Paired with Oscar Wilde's "The Artist" and "The Decay of Lying" and Two Articles by Art Critics: "Art of 9/11" by Arthur Danto & "This is not John Perreault" by John Perreault
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"I like Man not Men." The American experience takes philosohpical form here. "I detest Congress, but like my Congressperson." On it goes. A very good mind, good writing, timeless ideas.
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Read in July, 2007
"A man is a god in ruins. When men are innocent, life shall be longer, and shall pass into the immortal, as gently as we awake from dreams." Enough said.
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This is that "the house is burning down, what one book do you save?" book for me. I don't think I need to say much more than that.
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Read in January, 2008
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Bert Eustice
Amazingly prescient about who the great writers of his era were. Recognized superior talent from a single poem.
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Read in January, 2006
One of the premier Aerican gnostics muses on relationships, nature, politics, man, woman, death, and America.
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I read several of these essays in high school. I aspire to revisit (and actually understand) them!
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Read in January, 1986
Not as romantic as other books, closer insight into Emersons life.
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