Studies on the Nature and Growth of the Mind
Books by Richard G. Geldard
on Ralph Waldo Emerson and Early Greek Thought
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EMERSON AND THE DREAM OF AMERICA
Finding Our Way to a New and Exceptional Age
Richard G. Geldard
Larsen Publications 2010 America is a country in transition, with vital issues confronting us. In such times as these, we need voices that rise above ideology and give us wisdom grounded in experience. Emerson's is such a voice. He is one of our founding thinkers and he had a vision for America that can still inspire us. "Spend an hour with Richard Geldard and he will lead you to the inner sanctum and hand you over to the Master. Emersonianism is the American religion. It is not a church or a cult; it is a spiritual discipline, a Way. It teaches the infinitude of the private person, of each private person, of you yourself with your laptop and cellphone. Emerson was a great teacher in his day, but Richard Geldard can get him to you now." – Robert Richardson, author of Emerson: The Mind on Fire |
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Anaxagoras and Universal Mind:
The Birth of Philosophy in Classical Greece
Richard Geldard
Ralph Waldo Emerson Books, 2008
Geldard's volume on Anaxagoras is the third and final volume in his immensely successful account of Pre-Socratic thought. His first two volumes brought Heraclitus and Parmenides vividly alive for a twenty-first century audience. This is an important book, superbly written in accessible language. It makes philosophy as lively and timely as today's newspaper, and, unlike the newspaper, it will be relevant tomorrow. – Robert Richardson
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Parmenides and The Way of Truth Translation and Commentary by Richard Geldard Monkfish Book Publishing Company - 2007 What this world needed was a nice, balanced, introductory text to Parmenides. It needed to be scholarly without being academic, wise without being new-agey. And lo and behold, a book like that is just what Richard Geldard has given us. – Amazon Reader Review |
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The Essential Transcendentalists
Edited and Introduced by Richard G. Geldard
Jeremy P. Tarcher / Penguin 2005
This anthology of Core Writings by the New England Transcendentalists provides a unique overview of these landmark figures as spiritual thinkers. As Richard G. Geldard -- one of today's leading scholars of Emerson -- illustrates in The Essential Transcendentalists, transcendentalism amounts to a school of practical spiritual thought that aims to guide the individual toward inner development.
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The Spiritual Teachings of Ralph Waldo Emerson
Richard G. Geldard Introduction by Robert Richardson
Lindisfarne Books - 2001
"We scarcely know what we have in Emerson-- an American teacher who made the world's wisdom his own and converted it into a code for experiencing life fully yet decently. Richard G. Geldard has written a magnificent book through which Emerson's teaching becomes again an instigator." - ROGER LIPSEY, author of An Art of Our Own: The Spritual in Twentieth Century Art. |
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Remembering Heraclitus RICHARD G. GELDARD Lindisfarne Books - 2000 This book has British and Greek Editions This bright, deep, meditative jewel-like study brings Heraclitus to life in a new way, and shows him to be one of the principal sources of Western mystical thinking. From Geldard's point of view, the study of Heraclitus is not just an academic matter but, on the contrary, presents us with very real existential and phenomenological challenges. The book includes new translations of all the essential fragments. |
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The Find At Ephesus
A Novel by Richard Geldard West End Books - 2000
A devastating earthquake in Western Turkey near the famous sanctuary of the Earth Mother in Ephesus, draws two unlikely souls together in an ad- venture of spiritual and psychological discovery. Maia Spiros, Greek scholar and tour guide, struggles in the midst of a personal crisis when she meets young Tonio Fletcher, an American graduate student studying in Athens. Drawn together by forces unleashed in Turkey and on the island of Crete, Maia and Tonio find themselves tangled in a complex web of religious and archaeological intrigue.
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God in Concord Ralph Waldo Emerson's Awakening to the InfiniteRICHARD G. GELDARD Larson Publications -1998 God in Concord traces Emerson's private journey to the intersection of the seeking mind with the realm of the Infinite. Emerson undertook this journey without the benefit of tradition. That is, rather than depend on sacred texts, the great books, or the received traditions of his day, he struck out on his own. Each day was an opportunity. Each encounter was a revelation. And insofar as the day was filled with perceptions, it was fruitful. |
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The Travelers Key to Ancient Greece
A Guide to Sacred PlacesRICHARD GELDARD QUEST BOOKS - 2001 This book has British, Italian and Czech Editions This book is an excellent starting point for anyone remotely interested in the ancient Greeks - not merely the most famous ones of the 6th and 5th centuries B.C. Here interweave myth, mystery, knowledge, mysticism (Pythagorean and Orphic introductions), plus excellent explanations of attributes and psychological aspects related to the gods. – Amazon Reader Review |
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The Vision of Emerson
Introduced and edited by Richard Geldard
THE SPIRIT OF PHILOSOPHY SERIES Published by Vega, London
This book has Japanese and Russian Editions
Ralph Waldo Emerson's vision of the infinitude of the private individual has served as the bedrock of America's deepest cultural values for more than 150 years. Nothing, Emerson taught, is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind. This inspiring volume takes the reader directly to the depths of Emerson's uniquely American approach to the perennial issues of human nature, revealing him him as both a literary giant and philosopher par excellence. |
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NEOPLATONISM: Theology for Wanderers in the New Millennium with an Introduction by Richard G. Geldard, PhD A new addition of Neoplatonism by Manly P. Hall with an extensive introduction describing Hall's great contribution to the understanding of the philosophy of the major Neoplatonists, including Proclus, Plotinus, Iamblichus, Porphyry, and Julian. |
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Reawakening the American Soul
A Forum in Celebration of the 2003 Ralph Waldo Emerson Bicentennial
Featuring Robert Thurman, Jacob Needleman and Richard Geldard
September 20, 2003 at Faneuil Hall, Boston
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Emerson and the Examined Life
An Audio Reading by Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky, with Richard Geldard and David Robinson
June 28, 2003 at Faneuil Hall, Boston
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