Representative Men Paperback - 2004

Representative Men is a collection of seven essays written by American philosopher and essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson. Each essay focuses on a different historical figure who Emerson believed embodied certain qualities or ideals that were representative of their time and culture. The individuals featured in the essays include Plato, Emanuel Swedenborg, Michel de Montaigne, William Shakespeare, Napoleon Bonaparte, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and Ralph Waldo Emerson himself. Emerson's essays explore the lives and works of these individuals, examining their impact on history and their contributions to society. Through his analysis, he seeks to uncover the common threads that connect these representative men and their ideas, and to draw lessons from their experiences that are relevant to contemporary society. Overall, Representative Men is a thought-provoking and insightful collection of essays that offers a unique perspective on some of the most influential figures in history. It is a must-read for anyone interested in philosophy, literature, or history.AMONG eminent persons, those who are most dear to men are not of the class which the economist calls producers: they have nothing in their hands; they have not cultivated corn, nor made bread; they have not led out a colony, nor invented a loom. A higher class, in the estimation and love of this city-building market-going race of mankind, are the poets.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.