The Conduct of Life by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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"The Conduct of Life" by Ralph Waldo Emerson is a collection of essays published in 1860. In nine interconnected essays, Emerson tackles the central question of his era: "How shall I live?" Drawing from lectures delivered across America's expanding frontier towns, he explores practical matters of power, wealth, and behavior while wrestling with deeper tensions between fate and freedom, individual will and cosmic necessity. This work influenced writers including Nietzsche and sparked
fierce debate—praised as Emerson's best by some, dismissed as repetitive by others. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Creator | Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882 |
|---|---|
| Title | The Conduct of Life |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Conduct_of_Life |
| Contents | Fate -- Power -- Wealth -- Culture -- Behavior -- Worship -- Considerations by the way -- Beauty -- Illusions. |
| Credits | Produced by Al Haines |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 66.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Conduct of life |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 39827 |
| Release Date | May 27, 2012 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 904 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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