Intro
Preface
Contents
About the Author
Abbreviations
1: Introduction
Overview of Chapters
References
2: Socrates and Emerson on Areté
Introduction
Two Narratives on Socratic Method
The Areté of Self-Reliance
Symposium or Philosophy as a Form of Erōs
References
3: The Question of Style
Introduction
Two Interpretations of Emerson's Fragmentary Style
Like Discovering Ice or Fire: The Emerson Effect
References
4: The "Pale Scholar"
Introduction
The Ideal of Sturdy Scholar
A Revolution Begins with a Thought That We Have

Dethroned Emperors in "Montaigne": Is Philosophy at Risk?
References
5: Religious Gestures and Secular Strengths
Introduction
Naturalizing Transcendence in Emerson's Works
Nagel on the Religious Temperament
Kateb and the "Problem" of Emerson's Religiousness
References
6: Experience
Introduction
From Transcendence to "Shabby Experiences"
Reading "Experience" in Carver Country
Carver and Strategy of Omission
Poiēsis of Patience
References
7: Emerson's Literary Humanism: The Persian Connection
Introduction
Rumi's Wajd and Emerson's Ecstasy Reviewed

Emerson and the Joy of De-mystifying Hafiz
"A Cheerful Intelligent Face": Saadi and Emerson on the Conduct of Life
Thinking of Emerson on a Night Train to Shiraz
References
Bibliography
Index