{"product_id":"book-6808","title":"Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson","description":"\u003cp\u003eHere in one volume are both the \u003cem\u003eEssays: First Series \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eEssays: Second Series \u003c\/em\u003efrom one of the most influential philosophers in American history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough Ralph Waldo Emerson, perhaps America’s most famous philosopher, did not wish to be referred to as a transcendentalist, he is nevertheless considered the founder of this major movement of nineteenth-century American thought. Emerson was influenced by a liberal religious training; theological study; personal contact with the Romanticists Coleridge, Carlyle, and Wordsworth; and a strong indigenous sense of individualism and self-reliance. Emerson’s best work was done between 1836 and 1860, a period which includes his famous \u003cem\u003eEssays\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese essays contain his most important writing and radiate with sensitivity and wonder. Here Emerson’s prose shows him to be both a vigorous thinker and a profound mystic, a man of exquisite feeling combined with stern moral fiber. His strong love of retirement from life, contemplation of the sublime and the mystic, his self-reliance, and his strong character left their stamp not only on such writers as Thoreau, Whitman, and Emily Dickinson but also on the American character at large.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection includes the following:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst Series:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col start=\"1\"\u003e \u003cli\u003eHistory\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSelf-Reliance\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCompensation\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSpiritual Laws\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eLove\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFriendship\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePrudence\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHeroism\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Over-Soul\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCircles\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntellect\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eArt\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSecond Series:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col start=\"1\"\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe Poet\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExperience\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCharacter\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eManners\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eGifts\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNature\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePolitics\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNominalist and Realist\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Craig Black","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49303509303600,"sku":"BD6808","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49303509991728,"sku":"ZE6808","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49303510417712,"sku":"ZM6808","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/6808-Square-cover.jpg?v=1775704764","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-6808","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}