Compensation

Compensation

by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Compensation

Compensation

by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Overview

"The law of nature is: Do the thing, and you shall have the power, but they who do not the thing have not the power."

-Ralph Waldo Emerson, Compensation

Emerson's essay on Compensation (1841) affirms the author's belief that there are natural laws governing the universe which everyone must follow or risk failure. The laws Emerson is concerned with ensure balance in the universe. Thus, every condition has its opposite; for every action there is a reaction, day is offset by night, up by down, even by odd, spirit by matter, and so on. According to Emerson, any excesses practiced by man, such as greed, need to be moderated, or they will create imbalance and eventually lead to destruction.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781646795208
Publisher: Cosimo Classics
Publication date: 01/01/1900
Pages: 34
Sales rank: 509,209
Product dimensions: 5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.08(d)

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).
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