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)
Latest episodes of the podcast Representative Men by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- 01 - I: Uses of Great Men
- 02 - Chapter 2, Plato: Or, The Philosopher
- 03 - II: Plato: New Readings
- 04 - III: Swedenborg; or, the Mystic
- 05: IV: Montaigne, Or, The Skeptic (Part 1)
- 06 - IV: Montaigne, Or, The Skeptic (Part 2)
- 07 - V: Shakspeare, Or, The Poet
- 08 - VI: Napoleon, Or, The Man of the World
- 09 - VII: Goethe, Or, The Writer