Representative Men

by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

A series of biographical lectures originally published in 1850. Each chapter is a philosophical treatment of the life of an intellectual. The six representatives are Plato, Swedenborg, Shakespeare, Montaigne, Napolean and Goethe. (Introduction by S. Kovalchik)

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Total running time: 7:05:11
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• 01 - I: Uses of Great Men – 00:51:26
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• 02 - II: Plato: Or, The Philosopher – 01:04:25
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• 03 - II: Plato: New Readings – 00:16:12
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• 04 - III: Swedenborg; or, the Mystic – 01:24:36
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• 05 - IV: Montaigne, Or, The Skeptic (Part 1) – 00:30:14
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• 06 - IV: Montaigne, Or, The Skeptic (Part 2) – 00:29:44
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• 07 - V: Shakspeare, Or, The Poet – 00:47:09
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• 08 - VI: Napoleon, Or, The Man of the World – 00:54:56
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• 09 - VII: Goethe, Or, The Writer – 00:46:29
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Cataloged on August 04, 2010