The Conduct of Life

by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Overview

The Conduct of Life is a collection of essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson published in 1860 and revised in 1876. In this volume, Emerson sets out to answer "the question of the times:" "How shall I live?" It is composed of nine essays, each preceded by a poem. These nine essays are largely based on lectures Emerson held throughout the country, including for a young, mercantile audience in the lyceums of the Midwestern boomtowns of the 1850s.
The Conduct of Life has been named as both one of Emerson's best works and one of his worst. It was one of Emerson's most successful publications and has been identified as a source of influence for a number of writers, including Friedrich Nietzsche.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788832511307
Publisher:	Blackmore Dennett
Publication date:	02/07/2019
Sold by:	StreetLib SRL
Format:	eBook
File size:	291 KB

About the Author

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Editorial Reviews

Although the works of Emerson are studied in the departments of literature in the United States, we encounter on this occasion—as suggested by the subtitle—a genuinely philosophical reading, as reflected in the thoughtful Introduction by the editor...and especially in the patient provision of annotation of the nine chapters...Fortunately for us, this work...makes the original text much more readable and understandable...In sum, it is a good moment to return to to reading Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Anurario Filosofico - Jaime Nubiola

This well-organized editorial material is useful especially for students and general educated readers coming to study these works for the first time, but also for the specialist who wants to check details or keep up with central literature. The editor's notes offer historical contextualization, terminological and etymological clarifications, and information on both the well-known and the relatively unknown authors cited by Emerson.... Callaway has modernized the spelling of the prose, but otherwise the editions follow the originals.

Sami Pihlstrom

Although the works of Emerson are studied in the departments of literature in the United States, we encounter on this occasion—as suggested by the subtitle—a genuinely philosophical reading, as reflected in the thoughtful Introduction by the editor...and especially in the patient provision of annotation of the nine chapters...Fortunately for us, this work...makes the original text much more readable and understandable...In sum, it is a good moment to return to to reading Ralph Waldo Emerson.
— Jaime Nubiola, University of Navarra

Anurario Filosofico