Ralph Waldo Emerson
1803–1882
Nationality: American
Historical Period: The 19th Century
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) was a famous writer, orator, and abolitionist. He studied at Harvard Divinity School but made his living as a school master and then as a popular lecturer. He founded the philosophy of transcendentalism.
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Quotes from Ralph Waldo Emerson:
- Ralph Waldo Emerson on giving the right gift at Christmas and New Year
- Ralph Waldo Emerson on the right of self-ownership of slaves to themselves and to their labor
Titles from Ralph Waldo Emerson:
- Introduction: Essays of Montaigne, Vol. 1
- Introduction: Plutarch’s Morals, 5 vols.
- Introduction: The Morals, vol. 1
- Author: The Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, in 12 vols. (Fireside Edition).
- Author: The Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, vol. 1 (Nature, Addresses, and Lectures)
- Author: The Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, vol. 2 (Essays. First Series)
- Author: The Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, vol. 3 (Essays. Second Series)
- Author: The Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, vol. 4 (Representative Men)
- Author: The Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, vol. 5 (English Traits)
- Author: The Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, vol. 6 (The Conduct of Life)
- Author: The Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, vol. 7 (Society and Solitude)
- Author: The Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, vol. 8 (Letters and Social Aims)
- Author: The Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, vol. 9 (Poems)
- Author: The Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, vol. 10 (Lectures and Biographical Sketches)
- Author: The Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, vol. 11 (Miscellanies)
- Author: The Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, vol. 12 (Natural History of Intellect and Other Papers)