Representative Men by EMERSON, Ralph Waldo

Representative Men by EMERSON, Ralph Waldo

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A series of biographical lectures originally published in 1850. Each chapter is a philosophical treatment of the life of an intellectual. The six representatives are Plato, Swedenborg, Shakespeare, Montaigne, Napolean and Goethe. (Introduction by S. Kovalchik)

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  • 01: I: The Uses of Great Men

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  • 02: II: Plato, Or The Philosopher

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  • 03: II: Plato, New Readings

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  • 04: III: Swedenborg, Or The Mystic

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  • 05: IV: Montaigne, Or, The Skeptic (Part 1)

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  • 06: IV: Montaigne, Or, The Skeptic (Part 2)

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  • 07: V: Shakspeare, Or, The Poet

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  • 08: VI: Napoleon, Or, The Man of the World

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  • 09: VII: Goethe, Or, The Writer

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