How does Representative Men develop the theme of Uses of Great Men?

Representative Men by Ralph Waldo Emerson develops Uses of Great Men across the chapters the companion marks for this theme.

The book explores how great men serve as lenses through which we understand ourselves and the world, acting as representatives of human potential and as agents who convert raw nature into human use.

The central theme of the chapter, examining how great men serve as representatives and indirect benefactors of humanity.