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The notable link between Ralph Waldo Emerson’s journals and his essays is formed by the lectures that reflected his developing views on issues of his time. This second volume of a welcome edition of the early lectures follows the earlier experimental series of lectures and presents the works of Emerson the now professional lecturer who revealed to his audience central ideas and themes which later crystallized into Essays, First Series.“The Philosophy of History,” a series of 12 lectures, explores the nature of man in his society, past and present, and singles out the individual as the center of society and history. A second series of 10 lectures on “Human Culture” begins with the duty and the right of the individual to cultivate his powers and proceeds to consider various means by which this cultivation can be accomplished. The occasional “Address on Education,” which Emerson delivered between these two series, may be seen as a link between them.Of the twenty-three lectures in this volume, only three have been previously published. The lectures have been reproduced from Emerson’s manuscripts, approximating as nearly as possible the original version read by the author to his audience.
Introduction 1. The Philosophy of History 1. Introductory 2. Humanity of Science 3. Art 4. Literature 5. Politics 6. Religion 7. Society 8. Trades and Professions 9. Manners 10. Ethics 11. The Present Age 12. The Individual 2. Address on Education (On Opening the Greene Street School, Providence, R. I., 10 June, 1837) 3. Human Culture 1. Introductory 2. Doctrine of the Hands 3. The Head 4. The Eye and Ear 5. The Heart 6. Being and Seeming 7. Prudence 8. Heroism 9. Holiness 10. General Views Bibliography of Principal Sources Textual Notes and Variant Passages Index
[T]he really striking fact about this volume is that not only is it a volume that will satisfy the scholar, it also is a volume that every layman who is at all interested in Emerson will want to read.