Circles - Softcover

Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1646795237 ISBN 13: 9781646795239

Publisher: Cosimo Classics, 1841

Synopsis

"What I write, whilst I write it, seems the most natural thing in the world: but yesterday I saw a dreary vacuity in this direction in which now I see so much; and a month hence, I doubt not, I shall wonder who he was that wrote so many continuous pages."-Ralph Waldo Emerson, Circles

In his essay Circles (1841), Emerson writes about how fluid the universe is and the circular patterns that can be seen in it. He maintains that there are no perceptions that are so important they might not seem meaningless in the light of new ideas. That's why, he argues, people gain most when they learn to live with change.

About this title

About the Author

RALPH WALDO EMERSON (1803-1882) was an American poet and essayist. Universally known as the Sage of Concord, Emerson established himself as a leading spokesman of transcendentalism and as a major figure in American literature. His additional works include a series of lectures published as Representative Men (1850), The Conduct of Life (1860), and Society and Solitude (1870).

Edition details

• Publisher: Cosimo Classics
• Publication date: 1841
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1646795237
• ISBN 13: 9781646795239
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 24