Nominalist and Realist

by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Overview

"All persons exist to society by some shining trait of beauty or utility, which they have."

-Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nominalist and Realist

Nominalist and Realist (1844), by Ralph Waldo Emerson, is an essay Emerson wrote specifically as part of Essays: Second Series and in order to explore the ideas that contributed to his formulation of the philosophy of transcendentalism. It contains the author's reflections on the platonic school of philosophy and its tendency toward excessive abstraction and overgeneralization.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781646795093
Publisher:	Cosimo Classics
Publication date:	01/01/1900
Pages:	26
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.06(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).