Нравственная философия

Ėta kniga poznakomit chitateli͡a s glavnymi rabotami amerikanskogo filosofa Ralʹfa Uoldo Ėmersona. V neĭ sobrany razmyshlenii͡a o tom, kak statʹ silʹnoĭ i nezavisimoĭ lichnostʹi͡u ("Doverie k sebe"), o zhiteĭskoĭ mudrosti ("Blagorazumie"), a takzhe o vysshikh chelovecheskikh kachestvakh: geroizme, li͡ubvi i druzhbe. Ėmerson schital, chto nastoi͡ashchai͡a nravstvennostʹ ne mozhet bytʹ postroena na chuzhikh ukazanii͡akh ili zapretakh. Ona rozhdaetsi͡a iznutri, kogda chelovek doveri͡aet svoeĭ intuit͡sii i chuvstvuet svoi͡u svi͡azʹ s chem-to bolʹshim, chem on sam. Filosof rezko kritikoval obshchestvo za to, chto ono davit na li͡udeĭ i zastavli͡aet ikh bytʹ "kak vse", a takzhe sporil s temi, kto videl v cheloveke lishʹ passivnyĭ mekhanizm. Udivitelʹno, no ėti mysli aktualʹny po seĭ denʹ.

This book will introduce the reader to the main works of the American philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson. It contains reflections on how to become a strong and independent person ("Self-confidence"), on worldly wisdom ("Prudence"), as well as on the highest human qualities.: heroism, love and friendship. Emerson believed that true morality cannot be built on the instructions or prohibitions of others. It is born from within, when a person trusts his intuition and feels connected to something greater than himself. The philosopher sharply criticized society for putting pressure on people and forcing them to be "like everyone else", and also argued with those who saw in man only a passive mechanism. Surprisingly, these thoughts are relevant to this day.