selected essays, lectures, and poems Emerson, Ralph Waldo 1803-1882 creator Richardson, Robert D. Jr. editor text New York Bantam Classic 2007 monographic 402 pages : 18 cm. A new, wide-ranging selection of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s most influential writings, this edition captures the essence of American Transcendentalism and illustrates the breadth of one of America’s greatest philosophers and poets. The writings featured here show Emerson as a protester against social conformity, a lover of nature, an activist for the rights of women and slaves, and a poet of great sensitivity. As explored in this volume, Emersonian thought is a unique blend of belief in individual freedom and in humility before the power of nature. “I become a transparent eyeball,” Emerson wrote in Nature, “I am nothing; I see all; the currents of the Universal Being circulate through me; I am part or particle of God.” Written over a century ago, this passage is a striking example of the passion and originality of Emerson’s ideas, which continue to serve as a spiritual center and an ideological base for modern thought. edited and with a foreword by Robert D. Richardson Jr. PS1603 814/.3 9780553213881 FISKH 20240109121828.0 2665 eng