History

by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Overview

[The enlightened individual] . . . "should see that he can live all history in his own person."

-Ralph Waldo Emerson, History

In History (1841), Emerson explores the philosophical principle that an enlightened individual "should see that he can live all history in his own person." In his view, individual minds contain principles of the universal mind, and so we can learn from those principles by studying biography. Through reading about others, we can learn about our own natures and consequently about the human experience.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781646795147
Publisher:	Cosimo Classics
Publication date:	01/01/1900
Pages:	36
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.09(d)

About the Author

RALPH WALDO EMERSON (1803-1882) was an American poet and essayist. Universally known as the Sage of Concord, Emerson established himself as a leading spokesman of transcendentalism and as a major figure in American literature. His additional works include a series of lectures published as Representative Men (1850), The Conduct of Life (1860), and Society and Solitude (1870).