Representative Men

by Ralph Waldo Emerson

9 chapters7h 5mEnglish1850

About this book

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)

Chapters (9)

101: I: The Uses of Great Men

3086

202: II: Plato, Or The Philosopher

3865

303: II: Plato, New Readings

972

404: III: Swedenborg, Or The Mystic

5076

505: IV: Montaigne, Or, The Skeptic (Part 1)

1814

606: IV: Montaigne, Or, The Skeptic (Part 2)

1784

707: V: Shakspeare, Or, The Poet

2829

808: VI: Napoleon, Or, The Man of the World

3296

909: VII: Goethe, Or, The Writer

2789

Representative Men

About this book

Chapters (9)

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