The Teachers of EmersonSturgis & Walton, 1910 - 325 páginas This book is about the influence of Greek philosophy on Ralph Waldo Emerson's writings. John S. Harrison argues that Emerson primarily drew his inspiration from Greek thought and not German/Eastern teachings. |
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... Morals he found a rich mine of quotation and comment in which the earlier Greek philosophers figure conspicuously . 1 Ibid . , IV . , 47 . 2 The Works of Plato , translated by Thomas Taylor , III . , 240 . " Plutarch occupies a unique ...
... Morals he found a rich mine of quotation and comment in which the earlier Greek philosophers figure conspicuously . 1 Ibid . , IV . , 47 . 2 The Works of Plato , translated by Thomas Taylor , III . , 240 . " Plutarch occupies a unique ...
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... moral or metaphysical - or in memorable sayings , drew his attention and came to his pen with more or less fulness of record . He is , among prose writers , what Chaucer is among English poets , a repertory for those who want the story ...
... moral or metaphysical - or in memorable sayings , drew his attention and came to his pen with more or less fulness of record . He is , among prose writers , what Chaucer is among English poets , a repertory for those who want the story ...
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... for Goodwin's edition of Plutarch's Morals ( 1871 ) Emerson wrote an introduction . His own copy of Plutarch was 1 Ibid . , X. , 303-304 . the fifth London edition translated by several hands and published 16 THE TEACHERS OF EMERSON.
... for Goodwin's edition of Plutarch's Morals ( 1871 ) Emerson wrote an introduction . His own copy of Plutarch was 1 Ibid . , X. , 303-304 . the fifth London edition translated by several hands and published 16 THE TEACHERS OF EMERSON.
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... Morals.2 Emer- son did not esteem the bulk of these opinions very highly ; he thought them very crude ; many of them puerile . But , he fails not to add , " Usually , when Thales , Anaximenes or Anaximander are quoted , it is really a ...
... Morals.2 Emer- son did not esteem the bulk of these opinions very highly ; he thought them very crude ; many of them puerile . But , he fails not to add , " Usually , when Thales , Anaximenes or Anaximander are quoted , it is really a ...
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... moral temper . We are not , therefore , to content ourselves with worshipping these things , but we must worship God ... Morals , IV . , 134 . sented as fabricating the world after an eternal , intelligible 36 THE TEACHERS OF EMERSON.
... moral temper . We are not , therefore , to content ourselves with worshipping these things , but we must worship God ... Morals , IV . , 134 . sented as fabricating the world after an eternal , intelligible 36 THE TEACHERS OF EMERSON.
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