Past Masters
The Early Lectures of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Electronic edition. book cover

The Early Lectures of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Electronic edition.

ISBN: 978-1-57085-020-2
Language: English
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is a most curious fact that the axioms of geometry and of mechanics only translate the laws of ethics.

The Early Lectures of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Volume 1. "The Uses of Natural History." From the Lecture Series on Science.

Emerson, Ralph Waldo. The Early Lectures of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Edited by Stephen E. Whicher, Robert E. Spiller and Wallace E. Williams. 3 vols. Cambridge, Mass.: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1959 - 1972.


  • Vol. 1: 1833 - 1836.

    • I Science
    • II Italy
    • III Biography
    • IV English Literature
  • Vol. 2: 1836 - 1838.

    • I The Philosophy of History
    • II Address on Education
    • III Human Culture
  • Vol. 3: 1838 - 1842.

    • I Human Life
    • II The Present Age
    • III Address to the People of East Lexington
    • IV The Times

The Bottom Line: Past Masters is an essential online resource for its target audience, upper-level undergraduates and scholarly researchers. Not only does it make key philosophical works accessible on users’ desktops 24/7, but it also provides in-text citations and searchable text. In addition, à la carte database customization makes it financially accessible not only to large universities and research libraries but also to smaller academic institutions and medium to large public libraries, for which it is recommended highly.

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