Emerson and AsiaHaskell House, 1968 - 282 páginas To Emerson the word "Asia" had an emotional as well as an intellectual meaning. "Asia" was more than an Eastern continent, and it was more than the literature produced by that continent. It was a symbol for the unknown--for the other half of the world--for mystery, and romance, and poetry, and love, and religion. Emerson discovered the Neoplatonists for himself, and their mysticism was Eastern, and yet they spoke in the intelligible language of Plato. They defined the larger mysteries of religion in terms he could understand, and so encouraged him to his later exploration of the absolute East. Neoplatonism and Oriental literatures alike deal with intangible ideas, vague concepts, and often undefined thoughts. But Emerson belongs to the "definite and result-loving West" and this is the story of his interest in Asia, to better understand his relations with Asia and its literatures. |
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... essay on Plato . In the process he converted the Greek philosopher into half an Orientalist , devot- ing a large part of the essay to the Oriental as- pect of his thought . As a result the " Plato " es- say contains the kernel of ...
... essay on Plato . In the process he converted the Greek philosopher into half an Orientalist , devot- ing a large part of the essay to the Oriental as- pect of his thought . As a result the " Plato " es- say contains the kernel of ...
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... essay on " Plato " . Indeed , Emerson expressed this idea for a third time at the close of his later essay on " Immortality , " writing : " Brahma the su- preme , whoever knows him obtains whatever he wishes . The soul is not born ; it ...
... essay on " Plato " . Indeed , Emerson expressed this idea for a third time at the close of his later essay on " Immortality , " writing : " Brahma the su- preme , whoever knows him obtains whatever he wishes . The soul is not born ; it ...
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... Platonic " variety " , or the " flowing " . " Brahma " and " Illusions " are the positive and negative of the same idea . And so Emerson coupled them in his " Plato " essay , part of which has already been quoted : " You are fit ...
... Platonic " variety " , or the " flowing " . " Brahma " and " Illusions " are the positive and negative of the same idea . And so Emerson coupled them in his " Plato " essay , part of which has already been quoted : " You are fit ...
Contenido
THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY | 1 |
MINE ASIA | 27 |
PERSIAN POETRY | 161 |
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