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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)

Representative Men by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882‪)‬ LibriVox

    • Arts

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)

    01: I: The Uses of Great Men

    01: I: The Uses of Great Men

    • 51 min
    02: II: Plato, Or The Philosopher

    02: II: Plato, Or The Philosopher

    • 1 hr 4 min
    03: II: Plato, New Readings

    03: II: Plato, New Readings

    • 16 min
    04: III: Swedenborg, Or The Mystic

    04: III: Swedenborg, Or The Mystic

    • 1 hr 24 min
    05: IV: Montaigne, Or, The Skeptic (Part 1)

    05: IV: Montaigne, Or, The Skeptic (Part 1)

    • 30 min
    06: IV: Montaigne, Or, The Skeptic (Part 2)

    06: IV: Montaigne, Or, The Skeptic (Part 2)

    • 29 min

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