Emerson and the conduct of life : pragmatism and ethical purpose in the later work /

'I like not the man who is thinking how to be good,' Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, 'but the man thinking how to accomplish his work'. The ethical emphasis on work and activity signals the shift in his thinking that is the subject of Emerson and the Conduct of Life. In this book, Dav...

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Main Author: Robinson, David, 1947- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1993.
Series:Cambridge studies in American literature and culture ; 70.
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