Manners, Ralph Waldo Emerson
Manners, Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Manners

Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson

Narrator: Phil Paonessa

Unabridged: 1 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/21/2018


Synopsis

In Manners, Ralph Waldo Emerson expounds on the meaning of customs and politeness in civil society. He argues that the purpose of manners is more to facilitate the creation and proper working of society, and not to establish hierarchies.

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 Joseph

He who confronts the gods, without any misgivings, knows heaven; he who waits a hundred ages until a sage comes, without doubting, knows men.......more

Goodreads review by Sean

Emerson banging on about manners is what you would expect. that is my review read it if you wish and decide for yourself, if you want to read some geezer from the past banging on about manners.......more