Download or read book Spiritual Kinship of Plato and Emerson written by Clement Eaton and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book American Sage written by Barry M. Andrews and published by UMass + ORM. This book was released on 2021-09-24 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Succeeds in making Emerson’s ideas and recommended spiritual practices accessible. . . . [For] those interested in nineteenth-century American spiritualism.” —Publishers Weekly Even during his lifetime, Ralph Waldo Emerson was called the Sage of Concord, a fitting title for this leader of the American Transcendentalist movement. Everything that Emerson said and wrote directly addressed the conduct of life, and in his view, spiritual truth and understanding were the essence of religion. Unsurprisingly, he sought to rescue spirituality from decay, eschewing dry preaching and rote rituals. Unitarian minister Barry M. Andrews has spent years studying Emerson, finding wisdom and guidance in his teachings and practices, and witnessing how the spiritual lives of others are enriched when they grasp the many meanings in his work. In American Sage, Andrews explores Emerson's writings, including his journals and letters, and makes them accessible to today's spiritual seekers. Written in everyday language and based on scholarship grounded in historical detail, this enlightening book considers the nineteenth-century religious and intellectual crosscurrents that shaped Emerson's worldview to reveal how his spiritual teachings remain timeless and modern, universal and uniquely American. “An ideal companion for readers working through Emerson's essays, a reading group on spirituality, and any number of classroom situations.” —David M. Robinson, author of Emerson and the Conduct of Life: Pragmatism and Ethical Purpose in the Later Work “In a style that is both scholarly and highly readable, Andrews offers an insightful account of Emerson's teachings. . . . demonstrating how his ideas are relevant to readers of today who are poised between faith and unbelief.” —Phyllis Cole, author of Mary Moody Emerson and the Origins of Transcendentalism: A Family History
Download or read book The Spiritual Teachings of Ralph Waldo Emerson written by Richard G. Geldard and published by Richard Geldard. This book was released on 2001 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No one who has felt the life-changing pull of Emerson's enormous planetary mind has ever doubted his power or his greatness, though we are often puzzled to know whether he is primarily a poet, an essayist or a philosopher. Richard Geldard is not puzzled at all by this; he has written a book that plainly shows Emerson to be essentially a teacher, the Socrates of Concord, a man with a message that we need to hear today. Previous generations "beheld God and nature face to face," Emerson says, and adds provocatively that we moderns seem able only to see those things through the eyes of the earlier generations. "Why," he asks-and the question is intended to shatter our complacency-"Why should not we also enjoy an original relation to the universe? Why should not we have a poetry and philosophy of insight and not of tradition, and a religion by revelation to us, and not the history of theirs?" Emerson's life was devoted to showing how one may still attain an original, that is to say, an authentic, relation to the universe, and Geldard's book aims to focus and distill the famously dispersed Emerson and put his central teachings into the modern reader's hand. Previous edition titled The Esoteric Emerson: the Spiritual Teachings of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Click here to read an interview with the author, Richard Geldard
Download or read book The Spiritual Teachings of Ralph Waldo Emerson written by Richard Geldard and published by SteinerBooks. This book was released on 2001-05 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No one who has felt the life-changing pull of Emerson's enormous planetary mind has ever doubted his power or his greatness, though we are often puzzled to know whether he is primarily a poet, an essayist or a philosopher. Richard Geldard is not puzzled at all by this; he has written a book that plainly shows Emerson to be essentially a teacher, the Socrates of Concord, a man with a message that we need to hear today. Previous generations "beheld God and nature face to face," Emerson says, and adds provocatively that we moderns seem able only to see those things through the eyes of the earlier generations. "Why," he asks-and the question is intended to shatter our complacency-"Why should not we also enjoy an original relation to the universe? Why should not we have a poetry and philosophy of insight and not of tradition, and a religion by revelation to us, and not the history of theirs?" Emerson's life was devoted to showing how one may still attain an original, that is to say, an authentic, relation to the universe, and Geldard's book aims to focus and distill the famously dispersed Emerson and put his central teachings into the modern reader's hand. Previous edition titled The Esoteric Emerson: the Spiritual Teachings of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Click here to read an interview with the author, Richard Geldard
Download or read book God in Concord written by Richard G. Geldard and published by Richard Geldard. This book was released on 1999 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing perceptively from the depth of Emerson's journals, this book shows the inner vision that drew him to his revolutionary position as America's great Seer. This title contains selections and original insights, which give a balance of Emerson, the spiritual giant, and Emerson, the vulnerable, private human being.
Download or read book The Teachers of Emerson written by John Smith Harrison and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about the influence of Greek philosophy on Ralph Waldo Emerson's writings. John S. Harrison argues that Emerson primarily drew his inspiration from Greek thought and not German/Eastern teachings.
Download or read book Emerson Thoreau written by John T. Lysaker and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lively volume explores the theme of friendship in the lives and works of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau. Written from diverse perspectives, the essays offer close readings of selected texts and draw on letters and journals to offer a comprehensive view of how Emerson's and Thoreau's friendships took root and bolstered their individual political, social, and ethical projects. This collection explores how Emerson and Thoreau, in their own ways, conceived of friendship as the creation of shared meaning in light of personal differences, tragedy and loss, and changing life circumstances. Emerson and Thoreau presents important reflections on the role of friendship in the lives of individuals and in global culture.
Download or read book Emerson and New Thought written by Ralph Waldo Emerson and published by DeVorss & Company. This book was released on 2022-02-08 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: EMERSON’S ESSAYS have become the signature writings of the famous American transcendentalist Ralph Waldo Emerson. Not only did these essays turn heads and open eyes in the mid nineteenth century, but they are still doing the same today. His spiritual insights can be seen most profoundly in New Thought and the work of Ernest Holmes and the Science of Mind philosophy. So much so, that specific essays are required reading in New Thought introductory classes. One teacher who has earned the esteem of spiritual leaders throughout New Thought, Dr. Carol Carnes has now provided readers with the specific essays that influenced Ernest Holmes the most: SELF-RELIANCE, THE OVER-SOUL, SPIRITUAL LAWS, COMPENSATION, and CIRCLES. Each chapter includes an essay and Carol’s commentary along with her insightful questions for the reader. The entire book has been edited to allow each reader to easily understand and grasp these concepts on a personal level in the world of today.
Download or read book Platonism and the Spiritual Life written by George Santayana and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gift of Rabbi W. Gunther Plaut.
Download or read book Plato written by Ralph Waldo Emerson and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Plato is philosophy, and philosophy, Plato-at once the glory and the shame of mankind, since neither Saxon nor Roman have availed to add any idea to his categories." -Ralph Waldo Emerson, Plato, the Philosopher Both Plato, the Philosopher and Plato: New Readings (1850) by Ralph Waldo Emerson were originally published as one of a series about leaders who most influenced his work and whose biographies eventually became the content of a collection entitled Representative Men (also available from Cosimo Classics). Like Plato, Emerson believed in the importance of intellectual thinking over material reality, and he voiced this principle as he began to write about the basic concepts of the philosophy of Transcendentalism.
Download or read book The Philosophy of Ralph Waldo Emerson written by Joseph Urbas and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-09-07 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study offers the first comprehensive account of Emerson's philosophy since his philosophical rehabilitation began in the late 1970s. It builds on the historical reconstruction proposed in the author's previous book, Emerson's Metaphysics, and like that study draws on the entire Emerson corpus—the poetry and sermons included. The aim here is expository. The overall though not exclusive emphasis is on identity, as the first term of Emerson's metaphysics of identity and flowing or metamorphosis. This metaphysics, or general conception of the nature of reality, is what grounds his epistemology and ethics, as well as his esthetic, religious, and political thought. Acknowledging its primacy enables a general account like this to avoid the anti-realist overemphasis on epistemology and language that has often characterized rehabilitation readings of his philosophy. After an initial chapter on Emerson's metaphysics, the subsequent chapters devoted to the other branches of his thought also begin with their "necessary foundation" in identity, which is the law of things and the law of mind alike. Perception of identity in metamorphosis is what characterizes the philosopher, the poet, the scientist, the reformer, and the man of faith and virtue. Identity of mind and world is felt in what Emerson calls the moral sentiment. Identity is Emerson's answer to the Sphinx-riddle of life experienced as a puzzling succession of facts and events.
Download or read book Two Unpublished Essays The Character of Socrates The Present State of Ethical Philosophy With an Introd by Edward Everett Hale written by Ralph Waldo Emerson and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Emerson and His Philosophy written by John Arthur Hill and published by Richard West. This book was released on 1978 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Arena written by and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 1148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Emerson as Spiritual Guide written by Barry M. Andrews and published by Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I believe Emerson is best understood as a spiritual guide and a spokesperson for an alternative American spiritual tradition. I have tried to make his message accessible and relevant to contemporary religious seekers." - Barry M. Andrews Includes resources for further study and reflection. "To finish the moment, to find the journey's end in every step of the road, to live the greatest number of good hours, is wisdom." - from "Experience" by Ralph Waldo Emerson Though we may debate whether Ralph Waldo Emerson is primarily a poet, an essayist or a philosopher, for Barry Andrews, he is above all a spiritual teacher. His fiery genius ignited not only Thoreau but also Whitman, Fuller and many others. Though his life was riddled with loss, including the deaths of his first wife, two brothers and his first son, this remarkable man produced dozens of inspirational essays and poems and became the most widely quoted author in America today. Andrews' commentary shows a new generation of Americans how Emerson's spiritual journey joined an open heart with a critical mind. This will appeal to readers who consider themselves spiritual though not necessarily religious.
Download or read book Novelistic Love in the Platonic Tradition written by Jennie Wang and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1997 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The love story is an integral part of many novels. What is its narrative status? How does it function, and why? In this original study of Socratic 'love stories, ' from Plato through Fielding and Faulkner to the Postmodernists, Jennie Wang proposes a new narrative theory in the study of the novel, which deconstructs the mimesis of 'love stories' and reconstructs their historicity. Wang claims that in the Platonic tradition, the construction of 'love stories' is often a dramatization of the author's historical vision, philosophical speculations, cultural criticism, or political ideology. Novelistic love functions as a literary medium, a power of free speech, that enables the novelist to speak unspeakable truths and include excluded subjects. Wang's work will be of interest to both philosophers and scholars of American literature and postmodernism.
Download or read book Emerson Thoreau written by Ralph Waldo Emerson and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpted essays from Emerson & Thoreau with additional essay comparing the two.
