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A collection of essays from the father of the American transcendentalism, including "Nature," "Self-Reliance," "Love," and "Art." Ralph Waldo Emerson's famous essay "Nature" declared that understanding nature was the key to understanding God and reality, and laid the groundwork for transcendentalism. His legacy of boldly questioning the doctrine of his day and connecting with nature will resonate with today's readers in search of meaning and enlightenment....
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Self-Reliance is an 1841 essay written by American transcendentalist philosopher and essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson. It contains a stirring call for each individual to avoid conformity and false consistency, and to follow their own instincts and ideas. It contains one of Emerson's most famous quotations: A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines." The essay, possibly Emerson's most...
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"The Extraordinary Manifesto of Independent Living Is Newly Abridged and Introduced in this Powerful Condensation Self-Reliance is a life-changing experience. Its message of nonconformity, self-expression, and personal independence can awaken you to a new and better way of living. Now, PEN Award-winning historian and New Thought scholar Mitch Horowitz has deftly and faithfully retained the most powerful ideas of Ralph Waldo Emerson's original classic,...
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The Classic Meditations on Attaining Power and Money -- Now In Special Condensations The great philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson never hid from the question of how to use his ideas of self-directed living and empowerment. In Power -- one of the Transcendentalist's most practical works -- he reveals exactly how to identify and exert your will in the world. In Wealth he lays out the lasting steps to gaining resources and money. Now in this newly introduced...
11) Excursions
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First published in 1863, 'Excursions' is a collection of essays by American transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau. It contains nine essays in total, as well as a biographical sketch of Thoreau by fellow transcendentalist Ralph Waldo Emerson. The essays are: 'Natural History of Massachusetts', 'A Walk to Wachusett', 'The Landlord', 'A Winter Walk', 'The Succession of Forest Trees', 'Walking', 'Autumnal Tints', 'Wild Apples', and 'Night and Moonlight'....
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Thoreau's friend Ralph Waldo Emerson gathered these letters and poems in 1865. The letters range in subject matter from love, sex, and marriage, to religion, philosophy, and everyday life. Thoreau's correspondents include his mother, his sisters Helen and Sophia, and Emerson himself.
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