Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction ix
4. A Note on the Text xxix
5. Part 1. The Vanguard
6. Unitarian Christianity (1819) 33
7. On the Evidences of Revealed Religion (1821) 45
8. Likeness to God (1828) 54
9. On Genius (1821) 67
10. Observations on the Growth of the Mind (1826) 73
11. Journals (1826–1838) 92
12. Preliminary Essay to Coleridge’s Aids to Reflection (1829) 105
13. On the Difference in Kind of Reason and the Understanding (1825) 113
14. Coleridge’s Literary Character—German Metaphysics 119
15. Part 2. The New School
16. The Doctrine and Discipline of Human Culture (1836) 131
17. Cousin’s Philosophy (1836) 144
18. Martineau’s Rationale (1836) 157
19. New Views of Christianityy Society, and the Church (1836) 164
20. Discourses on the Philosophy of Religion (1836) 180
21. Record of a School (1836) 188
22. A Discourse on the Latest Form of Infidelity (1839) 203
23. The Latest Form of Infidelity Examined (1839) 210
24. A Third Letter to Mr. Andrews Norton (1840) 215
25. Jones Very (1839) 219
26. Epic Poetry (1839) 222
27. Shakespeare (1839) 228
28. Hamlet (1839) 234
29. Poems (1839) 240
30. American Literature (1840) 246
31. The Laboring Classes (1840) 254
32. The Transient and Permanent in Christianity (1841) 274
33. A Sermon of Slavery 290
34. Part 3. The Voice of the Dial
35. The Editors to the Reader (1840) 299
36. A Short Essay on Critics (1840) 303
37. The Religion of Beauty (1840) 310
38. Orphic Sayings (1840) 314
39. Questionings (1841) 324
40. German Literature (1841) 326
41. Glimmerings (1841) 330
42. A Dialogue: Poet, Critic (1841) 334
43. Thoughts on Labor (1841) 337
44. Christ’s Idea of Society (1841) 342
45. Fourierism and the Socialists (1842) 346
46. On Student Rebellions at Harvard (1842) 355
47. Anacreon (1843) 357
48. The Great Lawsuit: Man vs. Men, Woman vs. Women (1843) 363
49. Notes on Art and Architecture (1843) 373
50. Part 4. The Brook Farm Experiment
51. Letter to R. W. Emerson (1840) 379
52. Reply to George Ripley 383
53. Letter from a Minister (1843) 385
54. Reply to an Inquiry 387
55. Letter on Association 389
56. Plan of the West Roxbury Community (1841) 391
57. Introductory Statement to the Revised Constitution of Brook Farm (1844) 398
58. Part 5. Full Circle
59. Transcendentalism (1846) 405
60. Theodore Parker’s Experience as a Minister (1859) 414
61. About the Authors 425
62. Selected Bibliography 432