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Self-Reliance and Nature: The Complete First and Second Series of Emerson's Essays

by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Emerson’s essays on the self, society, and nature

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Emerson’s essays on the self, society, and nature

Bringing together the First and Second Series, this volume collects essays that range from “Self-Reliance” and “Nature” to “Politics,” “Friendship,” and “The Poet.” The contents move across questions of personal independence, spiritual life, relationships, art, manners, and social reform, offering a broad view of Emerson’s transcendentalist thought. Readers can follow recurring concerns across the two series while also dipping into individual essays on subjects such as prudence, experience, character, and the Over-Soul.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • A suitable choice for readers exploring Emerson’s essays and transcendentalism.
  • Useful for readers interested in philosophical writing on individualism, society, nature, and spiritual life.
  • May interest readers who prefer essay collections spanning literary, personal, and social subjects.

Themes

Individualism and societyNature and spiritual lifeFriendship and relationshipsArt and literaturePolitics and social reform

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Book overview

Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, abolitionist, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century.

 

He is today seen as a champion of individualism and a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society.

 

Collected here in one convenient volume is Ralph Waldo Emerson's First Series and Second Series of essays.

 

The collection includes both Self-Reliance and Nature.

 

Essays - First Series

  1. History
  2. Self-Reliance
  3. Compensation
  4. Spiritual Laws
  5. Love
  6. Friendship
  7. Prudence
  8. Heroism
  9. The Over-Soul
  10. Circles
  11. Intellect
  12. Art

 

Essays - Second Series

  1. The Poet
  2. Experience
  3. Character
  4. Manners
  5. Gifts
  6. Nature
  7. Politics
  8. Nominalist and Realist
  9. New England Reformers
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