The Spiritual Emerson: Essential Writings by Ralph Waldo Emerson [B0039]

2004 - Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) is known best in the twenty-first century as a literary innovator and early architect of American intellectual culture, and his writings still offer spiritual sustenance to the thoughtful reader. The Spiritual Emerson, originally published on the two hundredth anniversary of the writer's birth, brings together the writings that articulate Emerson's spiritual vision and promise the greatest relevance to today's reader.

From Amazon/GoodReads reviews: "Well this might get added to my yearly reading list right next to Drucker. The message was very timely for where I'm at in life, especially when he says don't read books for answers. There's a lot of philosophy we each like, and I plan to read up on some of the referenced people in the near future. The prose is extremely difficult to parse, but there's a beautiful cadence that develops creative images that linger in the back of your mind for days. My spiritual journey through the book was great. At times, it felt a bit like the modern hype-man who's telling you to 'get out of bed and just do it!'"; "It's not the easiest read but it is worth reading several times. It is very thought provoking. A few chapters of motivational, wise words that should be essential reading."; "I read these essays often. It is one of the books that I continually come back to. The writing is intellectual and meditative. It always makes me have good articulate thoughts and puts me in the present moment. You really have read it a few times to fully understand what it is saying."