Ralph Waldo Emerson Resources and Links The School of Practical Philosophy – RWE.org is the result of remarkable influence and inspiration from the School of Practical Philosophy's Emerson teacher, Mrs. Barbara Solowey M.A. Lapis Online – The inner meaning of…
The Ralph Waldo Emerson Bookstore (Click the Book Cover to Order) [Note: prices shown may change due to Amazon’s dictates] “It is not a great matter how long men refuse to believe in the advent of peace; war is on…
Influences and Old Friends Socrates The philosopher Socrates remains, as he was in his lifetime (469–399 B.C.E.),[1] an enigma, an inscrutable individual who, despite having written nothing, is considered one of the handful of philosophers who forever changed how philosophy…
A CHRONOLOGY OF RALPH WALDO EMERSON’S LIFE 1803 – born May 25 in Boston to William Emerson and Ruth Haskins Emerson 1807 – (April 26), death of brother John Clarke 1811 – (May 12) father, William Emerson, dies 1812-17 – attends…
Ralph Waldo Emerson Biography Expanded Biographies Life of Ralph Waldo Emersonby Nathan Haskell Dole Ralph Waldo Emerson:An Estimation of His Character and Geniusby A. Bronson Alcott Emerson, Ralph Waldo Born May 25, 1803, in Boston, Massachusetts, United States;…
Vol VII – Society and Solitude Chapter I Society and Solitude  Chapter II Civilization  Chapter III Art  Chapter IV Eloquence  Chapter V Domestic Life  Chapter VI Farming  Chapter VII Works and Days  Chapter VIII Books  Chapter IX Clubs  Chapter X…
Vol I – Nature, Addresses & Lectures Nature: Introduction  Chapter I – Nature  Chapter II – Commodity  Chapter III – Beauty  Chapter IV – Language  Chapter V – Discipline  Chapter VI – Idealism  Chapter VII – Spirit  Chapter VIII –…
Emerson himself proposes at the beginning of “Considerations by the Way” that there is very little we can do to help each other. Why? As he says, life has too many shifting moods and so much chance (or fate) in…