Swedenborg: The Mystic

"Love consists in desiring to give what is our own to another and feeling his delight as our own." -Emanual Swedenborg, Heaven and Hell Swedenborg (1850) by Ralph Waldo Emerson is one of seven essays about internationally recognized scholars whom Emerson included in his collection, Representative Men (also available from Cosimo Classics). Although not widely recognized in current historical literature, Swedenborg, a Swedish philosopher and theologian, had a significant impact on nineteenth-century American arts, and it has been said that Swedenborg had more influence on Ralph Waldo Emerson, directly and indirectly, than any other author.

Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Publisher: Cosimo Classics
Published: 01/23/1905
Pages: 44
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.13lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.11d
ISBN: 9781646795468

About the Author
Emerson, Ralph Waldo: - 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).