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Ralph Waldo Emerson

1803–1882

How Ralph Waldo Emerson is discussed in this archive

Referenced in 2 other works — including Forty-Three Years of Independence , and Making Indian Industry Globally Competitive .

In Forty-Three Years of Independence : Palkhivala quotes Emerson's phrase 'the summit of human thought' to characterise the ancient Indian civilisation India inherited at independence, using it to heighten the contrast with the country's subsequent economic mismanagement.

In Making Indian Industry Globally Competitive : Emerson is quoted to characterise India's five-thousand-year civilisation as having reached 'the summit of human thought', used to argue for India's inherited human capital advantage.

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  • Forty-Three Years of Independence
    • "a civilization which had reached "the summit of human thought" in the words of Ralph Waldo Emerson" — Emerson's phrase anchors Palkhivala's argument about squandered civilisational capital
  • Making Indian Industry Globally Competitive
    • "a civilization which reached "the summit of human thought" in the words of Ralph Waldo Emerson" — invokes Emerson as an authority on Indian civilisational depth