Self-Reliance and Other Essays: Emerson’s Essays, First Series

This is a wonderful thought provoking book full of wisdom and insight. This book will get you in the right headspace for a spiritual journey but it is incomplete in the sense of it speaks good words but lacks the psychological connection necessary for change. It offers no insight on the psychology of why the things that it critiques are the way they are. It's almost like the bible where it says these things are bad so do this. The problem with virtue and vice is you cannot will change without knowledge and understanding of the spiritual and psychological.

I am absorbing this essay I am not just reading to be entertained. It is a masterful study on the dedication of ones own opinion. I am just half way through studying with this beautiful truth. Congress should require all students to study with extra ordinary care the essay every day. His analogy no kernel of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till. resounds through out the essay. The more I read it his case of perseverance with ones obligations to continue no matter the circumstance is an inspiration to us all whether we are poets or not.Terrance Tracy

A Classic

The narrator sounds really great, wish I knew who it was.

Not what I thought it would be.

This is a handy dip-in size to have within reach when you need a taste of Emerson. It's a good book to loan out to interested friends, as long as you haven't marked it up too much. Most likely they don't want you preaching to them. If you're feeling flush, pick up several copies and insert them here and there around your community. There's nothing wrong with feeling smug, is there?

Sin duda RWE debe ser un gran escritor y pensador; y así lo respalda su fama. Este ha sido mi primer lectura de este autor. Tal vez haya otras mejores. Leí tres de sus artículos (40% del libro). No puedo decir que estén mal escritos. Pero el desarrollo de los temas es lento, poético y poco convincente. No me interesa lo que tiene para decir. Esto no es porque sean escritos de los 1930s. Encuentro mucho interés en cosas mucho más antiguas, como puedan ser Epicuro u otros griegos. Pero en este caso no encontré que su mensaje me hacía mella...

Print on demand, poor quality.