Representative Men
by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1890. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Hardcover. Condition:. Riverside Edition. Near Fine condition textured blue cloth boards with bright gilt spine lettering and gilt upper page edges. Minor wear on the tips and spine top. The binding feels tight and unread, with no marks. The full title page states: "New and Revised Edition". This is the updated 1888 Edition. Essays are as follows: I. Uses of Great Men; II. Plato; or The Philosopher and Plato: New Readings; III. Swedenborg; or The Mystic; IV. Montaigne; or The Skeptic; V. Shakespeare; or The Poet; VI. Napoleon; or, The Man of the World; VII. Goethe; or, The Writer.
Synopsis
From the book:IT IS NATURAL to believe in great men. If the companions of our childhood should turn out to be heroes, and their condition regal it would not surprise us. All mythology opens with demigods, and the circumstance is high and poetic; that is, their genius is paramount. In the legends of the Gautama, the first men ate the earth and found it deliciously sweet. Nature seems to exist for the excellent. The world is upheld by the veracity of good men: they make the earth wholesome. They who lived with them found life glad and nutritious. Life is sweet and tolerable only in our belief in such society; and, actually or ideally, we manage to live with superiors. We call our children and our lands by their names. Their names are wrought into the verbs of language, their works and effigies are in our houses, and every circumstance of the day recalls an anecdote of them.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Turn and Temper Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 174
- Title
- Representative Men
- Author
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Publisher
- Houghton, Mifflin and Company
- Date Published
- 1890
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About the Seller
Turn and Temper Books
Biblio member since 2023
Rockville, Maryland
About Turn and Temper Books
Turn and Temper Books specializes in non-fiction, high quality rare books in Science, Psychology, Philosophy, Nature, Technology, Business, and related fields. We also may have the occasional modern first edition and other fiction titles. We focus on quality and condition: with few exceptions (mostly relating to antiquarian stock), all books sold are in Very Good or better condition and are highly collectible.
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