Representative Men (Version 2)
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Seven Essays: his reasoning why and how great men have always been honored and necessary in our civilization, followed by six chapters dealing with, in order: Plato, Swedenborg, Montaigne, Shakspeare (sic), Napoleon and Goethe.
Emerson was an old fashioned "Man of Letters". He was the head of the mid-19th century School of Transcendentalism. Poetry, essay and book on Philosophy, human rights and religious and social rights. - Summary by William Jones (7 hr 18 min)
Chapters
| Uses of Great Men P.1 | 24:57 | Read by KevinS |
| Uses of Great Men P.2 | 22:20 | Read by KevinS |
| Plato P.1 | 39:56 | Read by William Allan Jones |
| Plato P.2 | 43:09 | Read by William Allan Jones |
| Swedenborg P.1 | 35:42 | Read by Owlivia |
| Swedenborg P.2 | 50:02 | Read by Owlivia |
| Montaigne P.1 | 30:12 | Read by Michele Eaton |
| Montaigne P.2 | 31:10 | Read by Michele Eaton |
| Shakespeare P.1 | 24:53 | Read by FloraMetrick |
| Shakespeare P.2 | 23:14 | Read by FloraMetrick |
| Napoleon P.1 | 31:44 | Read by Rita Boutros |
| Napoleon P.2 | 29:59 | Read by Rita Boutros |
| Goethe P.1 | 25:51 | Read by William Allan Jones |
| Goethe P.2 | 25:04 | Read by William Allan Jones |