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The Philosophical Thought of Emerson (Set of 2 Books)

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This set consists of 2 titles:

  1. Emerson on Eternity
  2. Emerson and the Light of India (An Intellectual History) (An Old and Rare Book)
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BKNA409
Publisher: Xpress Publishing, National Book Trust, India
Author: Khagendra Sethi, Robert C. Gordon
Language: ENGLISH
ISBN: 9781638868651, 9788123749341
Pages: 427
Cover: Paperback
580 gm
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Emerson on Eternity
About The Book

I am proud of being privileged to put forth my views on Emerson on Eternity, a book which presents a refreshingly new interpretation on Emerson's concept of eternity. The author of the book, my most respected teacher, Dr Sethi has successfully explained the concepts of eternity, immortality and reincarnation, forming the crux of Emerson's writings which is conspicuously absent in Judeo-Christian philosophy. The leader of the Transcendental Movement, a part of the cultural renaissance sweeping the entire American nation, Emerson was profoundly influenced by the Hindu scriptures. Dr Sethi has admirably explored this link of Emerson with Hinduism and has also been able to draw a parallel between Emerson's concept of time and space with that of their scientific notions, thus proving that science and philosophy become one and synonymous while arriving at the ultimate truth.

Preface

Numerous books, dissertations and articles have been written on the influence of India on Emerson's thoughts and writings. So writing another book on the same topic becomes enormously difficult Where critics and scholars have focused attention on aspects like romantic idealism philosophic utopianism, mystical aspirations and metaphysical quest of Emerson which taken together, do not make him a spiritual leader of the time Dr. Khagendra Sethi's book makes a marked difference by studying Emerson's vision on eternity-- a concept beyond time and space as much influenced by the Hindu scriptures. Dr. Sethi's notable contribution on the intellectual exchanges and their influence of both the countries-- America and India is unique in its own way.

While writing the Preface to this book I'm very much reminded of the house of Emerson at Concord, Massachusetts and the broken cottage of Thoreau at Walden which gave a new direction to the Transcendental Movement of America. This work is particularly enlightening because it reveals Emerson as a spiritual leader of the time and explores the emergence of a cultural Renaissance in America spearheaded by Indian philosophy This book opens up new avenues of the ongoing intellectual exchanges and cross-cultural dialogues between the two nations.

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Emerson and the Light of India (An Intellectual History) (An Old and Rare Book)
About the Book

Ralph Waldo Emerson was the first American to pioneer the serious exploration of Indian philosophy, and as his own thinking grew over time. Indian philosophy profoundly influenced the course of that growth. Emerson and the Light of India thoroughly investigates the ways in which the scriptures of India shaped the maturing Transcendentalism of this great American thinker. In addition, by analyzing in concrete detail the crucial ways in which the scriptures of India influenced Emerson's metaphysical development, Light of India repudiates the arguments of those who maintain that Emerson abandoned the optimistic faith of his youth. It makes plain that those who ascribe to Emerson a "Fall" from his early beliefs are demonstrably in error, primarily because of their serious misunderstanding of the influence, on Emerson, of Hindu and Buddhist teachings.

About the Author

Robert C. Gordon received his B.A. from the University of Colorado at Boulder, his M.A. from the University of California at Santa Barbara, and his Ph.D. from Princeton University in the History of Religion. During his career, he has been a faculty member at the University of California at Santa Barbara and the University of New Mexico at Taos. He has also served as Research Associate with the School of American Research and the Museum of New Mexico. He currently teaches Psychology of Religion at the University of Oregon.

Foreword

It is with great pleasure and delight that I write this brief foreword to Robert Gordon's definitive work on Ralph Waldo Emerson. There are countless works on Emerson, and I am familiar with most of them. However, none of those works explores the depth and breadth of the evolution of Emerson's thought. In keen contrast, Robert Gordon's book clearly traces the development of various strands of Emerson's thought and demonstrates that one of their most important origins was the great texts of the Hindu civilization, such as the Bhagavadgita, the Upanishads, the Vishnu Purana, the Bhagavata Purana, and so on. Gordon explicitly identifies all the concepts and propositions Emerson acknowledges having received from the Hindu texts, such as the doctrines of karma and rebirth, Maya, the non-dual reality of Atman/Brahman, and the need and possibility for each human being to be enlightened here and now, instead of looking for salvation as something to be attained as Heaven after death. Gordon exquisitely documents Emerson's conviction, in full accord with the Upanishads: that all beings, animate as well as inanimate, are manifestations of the divine spirit, Atman/Brahman. Gordon also makes clear that while Emerson himself admired and acknowledged the influence of the pre-Socratics and Plato on his own thinking, he believed that these great thinkers themselves obtained their profound insights from the Indian sages.

Preface

In an era of decreasing cross-cultural sympathy, Ralph Waldo Emerson is an inspiring counter-example- a man who devoted much of his life to studying the highest thoughts of other eras and cultures. He did his best to learn from, in his words, "the Bibles of the world, or the sacred books of each nation, which express for each the supreme result of their experience." Emerson was deeply influenced by this expansive reading, most profoundly by the wisdom of India. Since he was the first American to pioneer the serious exploration of Indian philosophy, a rather extensive literature on this subject has developed, and appropriately so. While these earlier studies are valuable and informative, they have contented themselves with chronicling the Indian sources that Emerson read, and drawing parallels between his Transcendentalism and the wisdom of India. None, however, has shown the crucial way in which the scriptures of India influenced Emerson's metaphysical development. That is, none has analyzed how Emerson's philosophy grew over time, and the vital ways in which Indian philosophy influenced the course of that growth. The purpose of Emerson and the Light of India is just that to investigate the ways in which the scriptures of India shaped Emerson's maturing Transcendentalism.

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