Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) is one of America's pre-eminent philosophers. Born into a long line of ministers and preachers, Emerson went to Harvard at the tender age of 14, where he studied to fulfill his destiny and become a minister. Emerson eventually dropped out of this line of work, embarking on a career as a public speaker and serving as the intellectual center of a group called the Transcendentalist Club. Several other essays round out the collection, all of them utilizing Emerson's keen sense of the power of the individual. That Emerson is still in print today while some of his...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson was one of the most important figures in the Transcendentalist movement and his essays give a better understanding as to his beliefs and what made him so important.

Easily Ralph Waldo Emerson's most well-known and enduring work, Nature is one of the landmark writings of Transcendentalism and is worth reading.

Thank you for checking out this book by Theophania Publishing. We appreciate your business and look forward to serving you soon. We have thousands of titles available, and we invite you to search for us by name, contact us via our website, or download our most recent catalogues. Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 to April 27, 1882) was an American essayist, lecturer, and poet, who led the Transcendentalist movement of the mid 19th century. He was seen as a champion of individualism and a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society, and he disseminated his thoughts through...