Heroism

Name: Heroism
Brand: Dreamscape Media
Availability: InStock
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
ISBN: 9781974910823

Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson

Narrator: Phil Paonessa

Unabridged: 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Dreamscape Media

Published: 08/21/2018

Categories: Nonfiction, Literary Collections

Synopsis

Building on and enriching ideas set forth in Self-Reliance, Emerson argues that true heroism is self-confidence and persistency in the face of corrosive pressures to conform to society.

About Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) was an American essayist, lecturer, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-nineteenth century. Although he began his career as a Unitarian minister, he gradually moved away from the religious and social beliefs of his contemporaries, formulating and expressing the philosophy of transcendentalism instead. Seen as a champion of individualism and a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society, he disseminated his thoughts through published essays and public lectures across the United States.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Skye

“The silent heart encourages her; O friend, never strike sail to a fear! Come into port greatly, or sail with God the seas. Not in vain you live, for every passing eye is cheered and refined by the vision.”💛 So uplifting, encouraging, and full of light. Emerson always helps me have the faith and cour......more

Goodreads review by Joseph

What makes someone heroic? What are the characteristics that symbolize a heroic character? Is it the bravery to stand for virtues, or maybe the self-reliance on oneself as the sole arbiter of truth. A hero is always someone who is willing to stand alone among the many, someone who stands on the righ......more

Goodreads review by Ciaran

“Adhere to your own act, and congratulate yourself if you have done something strange and extravagant, and broken the monotony of a decorous age. It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, — ‘Always do what you are afraid to do.’” Just go your own way. X 🧙🏼‍♂️......more

Goodreads review by Sean

Another Emerson essay and more interesting but dated thoughts. It's another day of Emerson!......more