The Spiritual Emerson: Essential Works by Ralph Waldo Emerson (Cornerstone Editions) - Softcover

A concise volume of key spiritual writings by the nineteenth-century literary master and Transcendentalist features non-denominational discussions of the ideas and influence of such works as "Yankee Mystic," "Fate," and "Success." Original.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803­–1882) was a renowned lecturer and writer whose ideas on philosophy, religion, and literature influenced many writers, including Henry David Thoreau and Walt Whitman. After an undergraduate career at Harvard, he studied at Harvard Divinity School and became an ordained minister, continuing a long line of ministers in his family. He traveled widely and lectured, and became well known for his publications Essays and Nature.

Jacob Needleman is professor of philosophy at San Francisco State University. He is the author of many bestselling books, including, most recently, A Little Book on Love.