《爱默生随笔集(英文版)》是爱默生一生写作、思考的结晶。一百多 年来，这些优秀的随笔如《论自然》、《论自助》等都成为最脍炙人口的 作品。它们注重思想内容，行文犹如格言，哲理深入浅出，因而有人评价 他“似乎只写警句”。他的文字所透出的气质难以形容：既充满专制式的 不容置疑，又具有开放式的民主精神；既有贵族式的傲慢，更具有平民式 的直接；既清晰易懂，又常常夹杂着某种神秘主义..
INTIl0DUCTION Ⅰ
INTRODUCTlON Ⅱ
FIRST SERIES
HISTORY
SELF-RELIANCE
COMPENSATION
SPImTUAL LAWS
LOVE
FmENDSHIP
PRUDENCE
HEROISM
THEOVER-SOUL
CIRCLES
INTELLECT
ARTINTIl0DUCTION Ⅰ
INTRODUCTlON Ⅱ
FIRST SERIES
HISTORY
SELF-RELIANCE
COMPENSATION
SPImTUAL LAWS
LOVE
FmENDSHIP
PRUDENCE
HEROISM
THEOVER-SOUL
CIRCLES
INTELLECT
ART
SECOND SERIES
THE POET
EXPEIuENCE
CHARACTER
MANNERS
GIFTS
NATURE
POLITICS
NOMINALISTANDREALLIST
NEWENGLANDREFOR-MER5
APPENDIX
THEAMERICANSCHOLAR
爱默生，Emerson.R.W.（1803-1882） was anAmerican essayist， philosopher， and poet， bestremembered for leading the Transcendentalistmovement of the mid igth century. He was seen as achampion of individualism and a prescient critic ofthe countervailing pressures of society.
Emerson urged independent thinking and stressesdthat not alllifes answers are found in books. In hisThle American Scholar address to the Phi Beta KappaSociety at Cambridge in 1837 Emerson states that:Books are the best ofthings，wellused; abused， among the worst. He believed that a scholar learns best byengaging life. Emersons essays on The Conduct ofLife outline what one might do to engage lifeskillfully.
