The Conduct of Life
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The Conduct of Life is a collection of essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson that explores practical and philosophical questions about how to live ethically and purposefully in the modern world.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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essay collection ⓘ |
| author | Ralph Waldo Emerson ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| genre |
non-fiction
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philosophical essays ⓘ transcendentalist literature ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Beauty
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Behavior ⓘ Considerations by the Way ⓘ Culture ⓘ Fate ⓘ Power ⓘ Wealth ⓘ Worship ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
aesthetics
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ethics ⓘ moral philosophy ⓘ personal development ⓘ religion ⓘ social criticism ⓘ |
| influenced |
American ethical thought
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later self-help and conduct literature ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Transcendentalism
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surface form:
New England Transcendentalism
Ralph Waldo Emerson's earlier essays ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | general educated readership ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Transcendentalism ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
aesthetics and beauty
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culture and character ⓘ ethical living ⓘ individual responsibility ⓘ practical philosophy ⓘ relationship between fate and freedom ⓘ religion and worship ⓘ self-reliance in modern society ⓘ work and wealth ⓘ |
| notableFor |
integration of practical and philosophical concerns
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later phase of Emerson's thought ⓘ |
| originalMediaType | print ⓘ |
| philosophicalPerspective |
American individualism
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Transcendentalist ethics ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication |
Boston, Massachusetts
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surface form:
Boston
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| publicationYear | 1860 ⓘ |
| publisher | Ticknor and Fields ⓘ |
| timePeriodAddressed | 19th-century modern world ⓘ |
| workInAuthorCorpus | late-career work of Ralph Waldo Emerson ⓘ |
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