"Man...the broken giant" : Emerson's concept of the nature of man : an essay in criticism and response to the idea found in the early journals and the Essays

I did not read Emerson with the idea of finding or exploring any system in his thought. For purposes of analysis I did consider sets of concerns built around a central idea of man. Man's own nature, what I call his philosophical anthropology, is one such concern. The religious nature of man in an individual, secular orientation is another. Man's relation to his physical environment and his socio-political relationships, specifically the detriments of the general association and the attendant institutions of government, are others. Each of these again develops in its own way as a central concept supported by careful, personal consideration.