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Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: 'Circles': A Detailed Summary

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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
"Circles": A Detailed Summary

The thesis of this essay is actually stated succinctly in its opening
sentence - "the eye is the first circle; the horizon which it forms is the
second; and throughout nature this primary figure is repeated without end."
According to St. Augustine, the nature of God is a "circle whose center was
everywhere and its circumference nowhere." This suggests a copiousness of man,
life and the universe, "that every action admits of being outdone."

Comment:

In this essay, in which the paragraphs following elaborate upon the
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