Representative Men

Representative Men is a classic biography collection and a collection of seven lectures by Ralph Waldo Emerson, published as a book of essays in 1850. The first essay discusses the role played by "great men" in society, and the remaining six each extol the virtues of one of six men deemed by Emerson to be great: Plato ("the Philosopher") Emanuel Swedenborg ("the Mystic") Michel de Montaigne ("the Skeptic") William Shakespeare ("the Poet") Napoleon ("the Man of the World") Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ("the Writer")

Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Publisher: Blurb
Published: 05/19/2023
Pages: 116
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.36lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.24d
ISBN13: 9798211416093
ISBN10: 8211416093
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | General
- Reference | General
- History | General