Lessons from an American Stoic: How Emerson Can Change Your Life

Matousek, Mark

ISBN 10: 006305969X / ISBN 13: 9780063059696

Editore: HarperOne, 2023

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Riassunto:

"This is a beautiful book, full of ideas that could help restore America’s genius for freedom and promise.” 

— Thomas Moore, New York Times bestselling author of Care of the Soul 

A lifelong Emerson lover, teacher, and spiritual seeker reveals how American philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson’s twelve essential teachings hold the answer to living an authentic and fulfilling life, one that is in harmony with our souls.

In this wise, illuminating book, award-winning author Mark Matousek reveals how Emerson’s timeless wisdom can help us with the problems we’re facing today. America’s ‘original Stoic’ confronted many of the issues before us, from polarization to fake news, from crooked politicians and rampant materialism, to the scourge of racism.

Matousek explains that Emerson’s path of self-reliance can radically improve your quality of life. The mentor and friend of Henry David Thoreau, Emerson (aka the Oracle of Concord) was America’s first self-help author, and his nation’s conscience for half a century. Like the Stoics before him, he emphasized self-knowledge and mindfulness as paths to happiness; also, self-reliance, cooperation, non-conformity, originality, adaptability, and receptiveness.

As Americans are once again discovering the power of Stoicism, Matousek shows why Emerson’s vision is precisely the medicine we need today. The principles of Waldo’s philosophy are universal and require no spiritual faith to put into practice.

• Each person creates her own reality
• Obstacles are teachers in disguise
• Your character is your destiny
• Wonder and awe are the keys to the kingdom
• Nonconformity is the greatest virtue
• Nature is the doorway to God
• Life without self-knowledge is not worth living

Emerson encourages us to throw-off conventions and platitudes, explore ourselves in depth, tell the truth about what we find there, and awaken to our greatest potential. 

Informazioni sull?autore:

Mark Matousek is a teacher, a spiritual seeker, and the award-winning author of seven books, including Sex, Death, Enlightenment and Writing to Awaken. His work has been featured in The New Yorker, O, The Oprah Magazine, and Harper’s Bazaar. Matousek’s transformative workshops and mentoring have inspired thousands of people around the world to reach their artistic and personal goals, using writing as a tool for insight, innovation, and clarity of purpose. He is the founder of the Seekers Forum, an online community for self-inquiry, and lives in Springs, New York.

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Titolo: Lessons from an American Stoic: How Emerson ...
Casa editrice: HarperOne
Data di pubblicazione: 2023
Legatura: Rilegato
Condizione: Good