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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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    First published in 1836 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Journals of Ralph Waldo Emerson, with Annotations Edited by Edward Waldo Emerson, and Waldo Emerson Forbes; Volume 8

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  • Cover of: Emerson Year Book; Selections for Every Day in the Year from the Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson

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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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February 27, 2024 Edited by Drini merge authors
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September 27, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import