Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – 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 dozens of published essays and more than 1,500 public lectures across the United States. Emerson gradually moved away from the religious ... More

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  • May 25, 1803

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  • Apr 27, 1882 (age 78 years)

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  • Waldo Ralph Emerson,
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  • Emerson articulated transcendentalism, the nature philosophy which stemmed from German Romanticism

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