Circles (essay)

"Circles" is an essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson, first published in 1841.

The essay consists of a philosophical view of the vast array of circles one may find throughout nature. In the opening line of the essay Emerson states "The eye is the first circle; the horizon which it forms is the second; and throughout nature this primary figure is repeated without end".^[1]^[2]

References

^ Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). Essays and Lectures. Library of America. pp. 401–414. ISBN 0-940450-15-1. Retrieved 2010-01-18.
^ The Centrality of the Center in Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Circles" http://christle.freeshell.org/essays/circles.pdf. (PDF download) Retrieved 2010-01-21.

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[1] Ralph Waldo Emerson (1983). Essays and Lectures. Library of America. pp. 401–414. ISBN 0-940450-15-1. Retrieved 2010-01-18.

[2] The Centrality of the Center in Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Circles" http://christle.freeshell.org/essays/circles.pdf. (PDF download) Retrieved 2010-01-21.

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v t e Ralph Waldo Emerson
Speeches	"The American Scholar" (1837) "Divinity School Address" (1838) "New England Reformers" (1844)
Poetry	"The Rhodora" (1834) "Concord Hymn" (1836) "Uriel" (1846) "Brahma" (1856) "Boston Hymn" (1863)
Essays	"Nature" (1836) "Self-Reliance" (1841) "Compensation" (1841) "The Over-Soul" (1841) "Circles" (1841) "The Poet" (1844) "Experience" (1844) "Politics" (1844)
Essay collections	Essays: First Series (1841) Essays: Second Series (1844) Representative Men (1850) The Conduct of Life (1860)
Related	Rev. William Emerson (father) Edward Waldo Emerson (son) Mary Moody Emerson (aunt) Ezra Ripley (stepfather) The Atlantic Correspondence with Carlyle "Letter to Martin Van Buren" Ralph Waldo Emerson House The Old Manse Transcendentalism Transcendental Club Concord Museum

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