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Representative Men

by Ralph Waldo EMERSON (1803 - 1882)

01: I: The Uses of Great Men

A series of biographical lectures originally published in 1850. Each chapter is a philosophical treatment of the life of an intellectual. The six representatives are Plato, Swedenborg, Shakespeare, Montaigne, Napolean and Goethe. (Introduction by S. Kovalchik)

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Listen next episodes of Representative Men:
02: II: Plato, Or The Philosopher , 03: II: Plato, New Readings , 04: III: Swedenborg, Or The Mystic , 05: IV: Montaigne, Or, The Skeptic (Part 1) , 06: IV: Montaigne, Or, The Skeptic (Part 2) , 07: V: Shakspeare, Or, The Poet , 08: VI: Napoleon, Or, The Man of the World , 09: VII: Goethe, Or, The Writer