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100			_aEmerson, Ralph Waldo _d1803-1882
245			_aRalph Waldo Emerson _bselected essays, lectures, and poems _cedited and with a foreword by Robert D. Richardson Jr.
260			_aNew York : _bBantam Classic _c2007
300			_a402 pages : _c18 cm.
520			_aA 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.
700			_aRichardson, Robert D. Jr. _ceditor
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