Loads of new words for me. Some of the writing seems a bit archaic which makes it harder to understand. simply said it is not easy going for me.

It goes into many of his work and this makes the works more understandable. I have trouble with some archaic writing and it makes it all the more important that i understand why Emerson said what he said and wrote what he wrote. He was writing for a intellectual audience as he spoke in a more simplified way. It would be interesting to read his talks before reading the more complex written works. Oh well.

Tough book to read, but well worth it. Good fodder for future reflection:
1. imitation is suicide - when Jesus calls the disciples, something there.
2. how to use language. ability to speak to both connoisseurs and groundlings.
3. omni-spirituality
4. constant flowing imagination
5. perfectionist skepticism
6. more of a thinker than a philosopher
7. scholar - teacher as well as student
8. ruined rather than fallen human
9. active thinking in relation to Howard Thurman ( )