The Conduct of Life

ISBN-13: 9781502948724 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 190 str.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Opis

The Conduct of Life - A Collection of Essays - Ralph Waldo Emerson. The Conduct of Life is a collection of essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson published in 1860 and revised in 1876. In this volume, Emerson sets out to answer "the question of the times: " "How shall I live?" It is composed of nine essays, each preceded by a poem. These nine essays are largely based on lectures Emerson held throughout the country, including for a young, mercantile audience in the lyceums of the Midwestern boomtowns of the 1850s.