Emerson and the Conduct of Life: Pragmatism and Ethical Purpose in the Later Work

by David M. Robinson

Book Overview

'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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521444977
• ISBN13: 9780521444972
• Release Date: October 1993
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"