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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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American philosopher (1803–1882)

Born 25 May 1803
Died 27 April 1882

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  • Cover of: Journals, with annotations.: Edited by Edward Waldo Emerson and Waldo Emerson Forbes.

    First published in 1909 9 editions — 9 previewable Cover of edition journalswithann07emeruoft Cover of edition journalswithann03emeruoft Cover of edition journalswithanno00emeruoft Cover of edition journalswithann05emeruoft Cover of edition journalswithanno04emeruoft Cover of edition journalswithann02emeruoft Cover of edition journalswithann10emeruoft Cover of edition journalswithann06emeruoft
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  • Cover of: Complete works: with a biographical introd. and notes by Edward Waldo Emerson, and a general index.

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  • Cover of: The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Miscellanies

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  • Cover of: Journals of Ralph Waldo Emerson: With Annotations; Volume 01

    First published in 2015 9 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Uncollected writings: essays, addresses, poems, reviews and letter

    First published in 1912 9 editions in 1 language — 5 previewable Cover of edition uncollectedwriti00emeruoft Cover of edition cu31924021997634 Cover of edition uncollectedwrit00emergoog Cover of edition uncollectedwriti0000emer
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  • Cover of: Representative men: seven lectures

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  • Cover of: Self-reliance

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  • Cover of: Selected writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson

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  • Cover of: Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson; Volume 5

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  • Cover of: Compensation

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  • Cover of: Essays: First Series

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  • Cover of: English traits and Representative men

    First published in 1888 8 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition repmenengtraits00emerrich Cover of edition englishtraitsr00emer
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  • Cover of: Emerson, The Selected Writings of Ralph Waldo (Signet Classics)

    First published in 1965 8 editions — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Past and Present

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  • Cover of: Works: Essays, first and second series, Representative men, Society and solitude, English traits, The conduct of life, Letters and social aims, Poems, Miscellanies embracing nature, addresses, and lectures

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  • Cover of: Natural history of intellect and other papers

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American philosopher (1803–1882)

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, Fiction, general, Nature, Poetry, Civilization, Classic Literature, Biography, Essays, Essays (single author), Friendship, Self-reliance, Correspondence, Description and travel, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Quotations, Social life and customs, Calendars
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United States, England, Alabama, Massachusetts, Owl Creek Bridge, Great Britain, Boston (Mass.), Mallard residence, Milford meeting house, Andover, Barbados, China, Concord (Mass.), Eastern Europe, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Missouri, New England, Salem, Salem (Mass.), Soviet Union, West Indies, Grande-Bretagne, Saint Louis, Salem Village, 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, Brently Mallard, Elizabeth, Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862), John Milton (1608-1674), Josephine, Louise Mallard, Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564), Mr. Hooper, Richards, Abigail Williams, Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), Amanda Wingfield, Ann Putnam, Arthur Miller (1915-), Betty Parris, Bridget Bishop
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19th century, 1861-1865, American Civil War, Civil War, 1861-1865, 1861-65, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, 1692, 1600s, 1783-1865, 1815-1861, 1844, 19e siècle, 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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  • 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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February 27, 2024 Edited by Drini merge authors
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