Emerson's Essays

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Summary: find yourself in this book and make your soul soar!
Review: of emerson's essays, im just going to point out that this book is very light weight, has very high durability, and is printed in a 'just right' size font... I know that these seem like little things, but you have to understand, once you read emerson's essays, you will want to re-read it, so light-ness and easy-to-readness are factors in your purchase and this version is very good for that.... I HIGHLY RECOMMEND this paperback version, for this price.

About the content... Well, this is the one and only book where I could honestly, say that I support everything and stand behind everything the author claims... My heart is completly in-line with his writings. Or rather, everything he said made sense, in a balls-to-bone sort of way. This book has essays that empowers you, sort of like Anthony robbins, but in a much more stronger way, because its not based on 'practical habits', or 'positive thinking', but an exploration on the incredibleness of the human soul, that are more than just thought provoking...They are inspiring, not in just an example-giving kind of way, or "you could be like this" sort of way... It is simply truth, as one man saw fit, in a most honest, clear, and literate way. Even Nietszche was in total awe of everything Emerson wrote, saying emerson's soul was basically something in the heavens.

Yes, transcendentalism is the label to his philosophies, but Emerson doesn't really write "philosophies", he simply writes (with mathmatical like precision), his ideas about man, that start without any prior knowledge or terms necessary to read it.. It is as clean and laser-like in his explanations, and it has the strength of a mathematical proof, and has the heart and sincerity that truly makes the soul of the reader come alive, even soar at times.