{"product_id":"compensation-and-self-reliance-9781616403881","title":"Compensation and Self-Reliance","description":"Probably no writer has so profoundly influenced American philosophy and literature, as did Emerson. Known as The Father of Transcendentalism, he was the focal point of a small group of intellectuals reacting against the orthodoxy of the established religions of his era. As an active lecturer in the early 1830s, he delivered a number of landmark lectures, most notably among them - Compensation and Self-Reliance, in which Emerson fervently declares man's inherent divinity. By positing that the way to realization lay solely within, man can be fulfilled only through one's own \"self-induced and self-devised efforts.\" Marked by a deep compassion and insight, Compensation and Self-Reliance rings like a clarion-call - one Emerson intoned steadily throughout his life. Though his last years were marked by a decline in his mental powers, his reputation as one of the outstanding figures of American letters was all but assured by the time of his death. RALPH WALDO EMERSON (1803-1882) was an American poet and essayist. Universally known as the \"Sage of Concord,\" Emerson established himself as a leading spokesman of transcendentalism and as a major figure in American literature. His additional works include a series of lectures published as Representative Men (1850), The Conduct of Life (1860), and Society and Solitude (1870).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Cosimo Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50421758099730,"sku":"9781616403881","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6a4bf34d-f574-4e6f-a8a5-3dd9e7a760d6.jpg?v=1729512707","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/compensation-and-self-reliance-9781616403881","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}