Ralph Waldo Emerson cover art

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Selected Essays

Preview

Try for $0.00
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, and podcasts.
Premium Plus auto-renews for $14.95/mo + applicable taxes after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Written by: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Narrated by: Jim Killavey
Try for $0.00

$14.95 a month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy Now for $26.32

Buy Now for $26.32

Confirm purchase
Pay using card ending in
By confirming your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and Amazon's Privacy Notice. Tax where applicable.
Cancel

About this listen

Emerson's ideas are alive and well and very much with us today. Consider that Emerson, now an establishment figure, was a rebel in his time. He could find no relevance in established religion. But, unlike others, he set out to reform it. Many of his ideas now seem obvious and as American as apple pie. But until he spelled them out, no one had thought that Nature was God speaking to man or that wisdom and knowledge flowed from an active not just a contemplative life - or that society might be hostile to new ideas just out of cussedness rather than conviction. His ideas anticipated Thoreau and Whitman, and this collection of his thoughts puts us in touch with the person who hatched many of the ideas that today are as much a part of us as the air we breathe.

Essays included:

  • "The American Scholar"
  • "Self-Reliance"
  • "A Divinity School Address"
  • "Love"
  • "Friendship"
  • "Prudence"
  • "The Transcendentalist"
  • "Compensation"
  • "Spiritual Laws"
Public Domain (P)1988 Jimcin Recordings
Classics Essays Philosophy World Nonfiction
activate_Holiday_promo_in_buybox_DT_T2

What listeners say about Ralph Waldo Emerson

Average Customer Ratings

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.