{"product_id":"intellect-ralph-waldo-emerson-9781646795130","title":"Intellect","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Nature shows all things formed and bound. The intellect pierces the form, overleaps the wall, detects intrinsic likeness between remote things, and reduces all things into a few principles.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-Ralph Waldo Emerson, Intellect\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his essay on Intellect (1841), Emerson addresses his perception that human intellect is nothing more than an interpretation of a universal mind. Here, Emerson asserts that all men have an intuitive, instinctive consciousness that reflects the ideas generated by a universal mind and that, to tap into that mind, men only need to allow events to flow unimpeded while also maintaining aware, rational minds able to understand the meaning of \"experience.\" His ideas laid the groundwork for the development of the belief system known as \"transcendentalism,\" as well as the school of philosophy known as \"phenemonology.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ralph Waldo Emerson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 164679513X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781646795130\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cosimo Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1841\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 26\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.08lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.06d","brand":"Ralph Waldo Emerson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46906880819455,"sku":"9781646795130","price":5.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_403a724a-258d-48a7-b734-728f7afef017.jpg?v=1748771650","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/intellect-ralph-waldo-emerson-9781646795130","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}