Representative Men (Version 2)-Ralph Waldo Emerson

American Philosophy Collection Vol. 2.Volume 2 focuses on the debates surrounding the emergence of the so-called 'New Realism.' Inspired by the early works of the American pragmatists, the new realists opposed idealistic and transcendental metaphysics, and advocated for various forms of empirical and scientific naturalism.Featured on Essays - Ralph Waldo Emerson.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

American Philosophy Collection Vol. 1.This collection of articles in early 20th Century American philosophy focuses on the topics of realism, experience, and ideas, with particular attention to the pragmatic naturalism of John Dewey. In tracks 1-5, Dewey responds to critics of his famous article “The Postulate of Immediate Empiricism” (available in Short Nonfiction Collection Vol.034) . Tracks 6-12 constitute a series of pointed debates between Dewey and E. B. McGilvary on the topics of time, ideas, and reality. Tracks 13-16 include stand-alone articles on related topics, including Dewey’s influential critique of “The Reflex Arc Concept in Psychology.” Authors include: John Dewey, B. H. Bode, Frederick J. E. Woodbridge, J. A. Leighton, Evander Bradley McGilvary, John E. Boodin, and Sterling P. Lamprecht.Featured on Essays - Ralph Waldo Emerson.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

What I Believe by Bertrand Russell.Provides a brief indication of the beliefs of philosopher Bertrand Russell, focusing on his hopes for the future. The topics included are: nature and man, the good life, moral rules, individual and social salvation, and science and happiness.Featured on Essays - Ralph Waldo Emerson.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

Excursions by Henry David Thoreau.Excursions is an 1863 anthology of several essays by American transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau. The anthology contains an introduction entitled "Biographical Sketch" in which fellow transcendentalist Ralph Waldo Emerson provides a description of Thoreau.Featured on Essays - Ralph Waldo Emerson.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

Life's Enthusiasms by David Starr Jordan.The words in this essay on positive thought sing like those in Whitman's "Leaves of Grass." The author praises joyous living and recommends certain routes to its attainment. He explores schooling (public secondary and the university), travel, and the study of nature as ways to stay buoyant during life's trials. He also praises the power of the arts (literature, music, painting, sculpture) to keep spirits soaring.Featured on Essays - Ralph Waldo Emerson.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

Snow-Storm by Ralph Waldo Emerson.This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for February 2, 2025. ------ Ralph Waldo Emerson who went by his middle name Waldo, was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, minister, abolitionist, and poet who led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. Friedrich Nietzsche thought he was "the most gifted of the Americans," and Walt Whitman called Emerson his "master".Featured on Essays - Ralph Waldo Emerson.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

Apology by Ralph Waldo Emerson.This was the weekly poetry project for the week of September 2, 2007.Featured on Essays - Ralph Waldo Emerson.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

Representative Men (Version 2) by Ralph Waldo Emerson.Seven Essays: his reasoning why and how great men have always been honored and necessary in our civilization, followed by six chapters dealing with, in order: Plato, Swedenborg, Montaigne, Shakspeare (sic), Napoleon and Goethe. Emerson was an old fashioned "Man of Letters". He was the head of the mid-19th century School of Transcendentalism. Poetry, essay and book on Philosophy, human rights and religious and social rights.Featured on Essays - Ralph Waldo Emerson.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

Nature (version 2) by Ralph Waldo Emerson.First published anonymously in 1836, Nature marks the beginning both of Emerson’s literary career and the Transcendentalist movement. Asking why his generation “should not also enjoy an original relation to the universe,” Emerson argues that “Man is a god in ruins” who might yet be redeemed by the renewal of harmony with nature. Encompassing themes that would preoccupy him for years to come, including the repressive force of social routine, the divinity of nature, and the creative potential of the individual, Nature reflected recent developments in European philosophy and literature even as it pushed American artists to break new ground.Featured on Essays - Ralph Waldo Emerson.Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).This episode includes AI-generated content.

Essays, Second Series by Ralph Waldo Emerson.This episode includes AI-generated content.