Representative Men

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)

Genre(s): Contemporary

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 01: I: The Uses of Great Men skoval
00:51:26
Play 02 02: II: Plato, Or The Philosopher skoval
01:04:25
Play 03 03: II: Plato, New Readings skoval
00:16:12
Play 04 04: III: Swedenborg, Or The Mystic skoval
01:24:36
Play 05 05: IV: Montaigne, Or, The Skeptic (Part 1) skoval
00:30:14
Play 06 06: IV: Montaigne, Or, The Skeptic (Part 2) skoval
00:29:44
Play 07 07: V: Shakspeare, Or, The Poet skoval
00:47:09
Play 08 08: VI: Napoleon, Or, The Man of the World skoval
00:54:56
Play 09 09: VII: Goethe, Or, The Writer skoval
00:46:29