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Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)

The Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated) is a meticulously compiled and beautifully illustrated volume that brings together the extensive literary output of Ralph Waldo Emerson. This collection encompasses his essays, lectures, and poetry, showcasing his profound impact on American literature and philosophy. The inclusion of illustrations adds a visual dimension to the text, enhancing the reader's experience of Emerson's work. more

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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson

American essayist, poet, and philosopher. Born on May 25, 1803, and died on April 27, 1882. Known for his transcendentalist philosophy, his works have had a profound impact on literature and the intellectual world. more

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“A very elementary exercise in psychology, not to be dignified by the name of psycho-analysis, showed me, on looking at my notebook, that the sketch of the angry professor had been made in anger. Anger had snatched my pencil while I dreamt. But what was anger doing there? Interest, confusion, amusement, boredom--all these emotions I could trace and name as they succeeded each other throughout the morning. Had anger, the black snake, been lurking among them? Yes, said the sketch, anger had.”

“The really important facts were that spatial relationships had ceased to matter very much and that my mind was perceiving the world in terms of other than spatial categories. At ordinary times the eye concerns itself with such problems as where? — how far? — how situated in relation to what? In the mescaline experience the implied questions to which the eye responds are of another order. Place and distance cease to be of much interest. The mind does its perceiving in terms of intensity of existence, profundity of significance, relationships within a pattern.”