The cover page is adapted from Napoleon Bonaparte (1769–1821), a painting completed in mid-19th century by An Unknown Artist. The cover and title pages feature the League Spartan and Sorts Mill Goudy typefaces created in 2014 and 2009 by The League of Moveable Type. www.theleagueofmoveabletype.com/
Representative Men
Chapters (7)
- I: Uses of Great Men 0:00
- II: Plato; or, the Philospher 48:35
- III: Swedenborg; or, the Mystic 2:04:19
- IV: Montaigne; or, the Skeptic 3:24:48
- V: Shakespeare; or, the Poet 4:21:03
- VI: Napoleon; or, the Man of the World 5:05:44
- VII: Goethe; or, the Writer 5:57:54
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Representative Men is a collection of seven lectures by Ralph Waldo Emerson that were published as a book of essays in 1850. In the first essay Emerson discusses the role of great men and the importance they have on society. He argues that great men with their actions and achievements inspire others to reach for their own greatness. Emerson then examines the lives and works of six men he considers examples of what is possible for the rest of humanity: Plato the philosopher, Swedenborg the mystic, Montaigne the skeptic, Shakespeare the poet, Napoleon the man of the world, and Goethe the writer.