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Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, abolitionist, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. He was seen as a champion of individualism and a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society, and his ideology was disseminated through dozens of published essays and more than 1,500 public lectures across the United States. Emerson gradually moved away from the religious and social beliefs of his contemporaries, formulating and expressing the philosophy of transcendentalism in his 1836 essay "Nature".

While we tend to think of the great thinkers as hailing from Ancient Greece, the 19th century has had more than its fair share of sharp minds. "400 Quotations from the Great Philosophers of the 19th Century" is a collection of reflections, insights, and observations from some of the best brains of that era. A superb book for dipping in and out of, this makes a great gift for anyone with an interest in history or philosophy. Søren Kierkegaard (1813 – 1855) was born in Copenhagen.

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Emerson describes the fluidity of thinking and life; how we need to be open to new ideas and not be wed to old ones; how to open ourselves up to these ideas by expanding our circles of knowledge and ideas.

No hay grande ni pequeño para el alma que lo hace todo. Donde ella llega, todas las cosas están, y llega a todas partes. Yo soy dueño de la esfera, de las siete estrellas y del año solar. De la mano de César y del cerebro de Platón, del corazón del Señor y del arte de Shakespeare. Ralph Waldo Emerson nació en Boston, en 1803. Estudió en Harvard y en la Cambridge Divinity School. Viajó a Europa donde conoció al escritor británico Thomas Carlyle y a poetas como coleridge o Wordsworth. Volvió a los Estados Unidos en 1833 y se estableció como poeta, escritor y profesor.

This is the best of Emerson's later works, qualifying his earlier popular essays, series one and two, with the heavier hand of experience. The Conduct of Life ostensibly is a set of essays about how to live life but also is an amalgam of what life taught Emerson. Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803-April 27, 1882) was an American essayist, lecturer, and poet, who led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century.