Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Ralph Waldo Emerson


Ralph Waldo Emerson was born on May 25th, 1803 in Boston Massachusetts. Emerson was an American essayist, lecturer, and poet. Around the mid-19th century, he led the Transcendentalist movement. His works, such as his 1836 essay, Nature, express the philosophy of Transcendentalism. His main interests are in Individualism and Mysticism. As for notable ideas, they were Self Reliance and Over Soul. He died on April 27th, 1882, at the age of 78.

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