Monday, December 2, 2013

Father of Transcendentalism

Ralph Waldo Emerson  

"Nobody can bring you peace but yourself" -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Born on May 25, 1803 in Boston, Massachusetts the American poet, lecturer, and essayist led the Transcendentalist movement of 19th century philosophy. His ideals included: Self-reliance, individualism, free thought, and the souls connection with nature. Emerson first expressed his philosophy of transcendentalism in his 1836 essay Nature.

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