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Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American philosopher, essayist, and poet, best remembered for leading the Transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. His teachings directly influenced the growing New Thought movement of the mid-1800s. He was seen as a champion of individualism and a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society.

Emerson gradually moved away from the religious and social beliefs of his contemporaries, formulating and expressing the philosophy of Transcendentalism in his 1836 essay, Nature. As a result of this ground-breaking work he gave a speech entitled The American Scholar in 1837, which Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. considered to be America's "Intellectual Declaration of Independence". Considered one of the great orators of the time, Emerson's enthusiasm and respect for his audience enraptured crowds. His support for abolitionism late in life created controversy, and at times he was subject to abuse from crowds while speaking on the topic. When asked to sum up his work, he said his central doctrine was "the infinitude of the private man."

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Born 25 May 1803
Died 27 April 1882

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  • Cover of: The Tao of Emerson

    First published in 2007 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Self-reliance, and other essays

    First published in 1993 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Thoughts from Emerson: selections from the writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson for every day in the year

    First published in 1902 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The Complete Prose Works Of Ralph Waldo Emerson

    First published in 1900 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The Divinity school address: Delivered before the senior class in Divinity College, Cambridge, Sunday evening, July 15, 1838

    First published in 1907 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The conduct of life, and Society and solitude

    First published in 1883 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Correspondence between Ralph Waldo Emerson and Herman Grimm.

    Cover of edition correspondenceb00emergoog First published in 1903 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The correspondence of Emerson and Carlyle.

    First published in 1964 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Education: an essay and other selections

    First published in 1909 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Emerson year book: selections for every day in the year from the essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson

    First published in 1893 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The essay on self-reliance

    First published in 1905 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Essays and poems of Emerson

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  • Cover of: Friendship and Love.

    First published in 1900 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The gospel of Emerson

    First published in 1939 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The method of nature: an oration

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  • Cover of: Nature and other essays

    First published in 1906 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Poems of R. W. Emerson.

    First published in 1885 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Prudence

    First published in 1906 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Records of a lifelong friendship, 1807-1882

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Born 25 May 1803
Died 27 April 1882

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Emerson, ralph waldo, 1803-1882, American essays, American literature, History, American poetry, Philosophy, Conduct of life, American Authors, Fiction, general, Fiction, Nature, Poetry, Civilization, Biography, Essays, Essays (single author), Friendship, Self-reliance, Classic Literature, Correspondence, Description and travel, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Quotations, Social life and customs, Calendars

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United States, England, Great Britain, Massachusetts, Alabama, Owl Creek Bridge, Boston (Mass.), Concord (Mass.), Missouri, New England, West Indies, Andover, Barbados, China, Eastern Europe, Grande-Bretagne, Mallard residence, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Milford meeting house, Saint Louis, Salem, Salem (Mass.), Salem Village, Soviet Union, kingdom by the sea

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Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772), Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), Napoleon I Emperor of the French (1769-1821), Michel de Montaigne (1533-1592), Plato, Peyton Farquhar, Devil, Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862), John Milton (1608-1674), Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564), Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), Amanda Wingfield, Ethelred, Jim O'Connor, Laura Wingfield, Madeline Usher, Roderick Usher, Socrates, Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881), Tom Wingfield, Abigail Williams, Ann Putnam, Annabel Lee

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19th century, 1861-1865, 1861-65, American Civil War, Civil War, 1861-1865, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, 1600s, 1692, 1783-1865, 1815-1861, 1844, 19e siècle, 20th century, Civil War, December, Quintessential Virtues of Friendship, Siglo XIX, To 1775, To 1865, an Essay by Emerson in a greeting book form., carnival

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Alternative names

  • Waldo Ralph Emerson
  • Ralph, Waldo Emerson
  • Ralph Waldo, Emerson
  • Ralph Waldow Emerson
  • Ralph W. Emerson
  • RALPH WALDO EMERSON
  • Ralph Waldo ( Emerson
  • R. W. EMERSON
  • R. W. Emerson

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