- The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume VI, The Conduct of Life
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Introduction by Barbara L. Packer
- Notes by Joseph Slater
- Text Established by Douglas Emory Wilson
- The essays in this book, first published in 1860, were developed from a series of lectures on "The Conduct of Life" delivered by Emerson during the early 1850s. The published essays show Emerson's interest in many practical aspects of human life, and reflect his increasing involvement in politics--chiefly in the antislavery movement--during the decade before the Civil War. This edition is based on Emerson's holograph manuscripts and published sources, and incorporates Emerson's later corrections and revisions.
- Hardcover 2004
- Death and Character
- Annette C. Baier
- Baier goes beyond her earlier work on David Hume to reflect on a topic that links his philosophy to questions of immediate relevance—in particular, questions about what character is and how it shapes our lives. Her reading radically revises the received interpretation of Hume’s epistemology and, in particular, philosophy of mind.
- Hardcover 2008
- Providence Lost
- Genevieve Lloyd
- In our ever more secular times—is providence lost? Perhaps, but as Lloyd makes clear, providence still exerts a powerful influence on our thought and in our lives. This book traces a succession of transformations in the concept of providence through the history of Western philosophy.
- Hardcover 2008