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Emerson's Epistemology: The Argument of the Essays
Emerson's Epistemology The Argument of the Essays Author:David Van Leer Of the many nineteenth-century writers who have come to be known collectively as the American Renaissance, none, writes David Van Leer, 'aspired so relentlessly to the mantle of philosopher as did Ralph Waldo Emerson'. In this, the first book to treat Emerson as a serious philosopher, Dr Van Leer explores Emerson's interest in the subject, while... more » remaining sensitive to the unfolding of Emerson's own complex career. He argues that Emerson's essays can be read quite seriously in terms of their philosophical content; and that in fact such philosophical readings show the individual works to be far more carefully structured than has usually been assumed.« less