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Ralph Waldo Emerson

A comprehensive introduction to Ralph Waldo Emerson, the American essayist, poet, and philosopher who led the Transcendentalist movement and whose ideas of self-reliance, nonconformity, and the unity of nature and spirit shaped American intellectual and cultural life.

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1803 CE — 1882 CE

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Ralph Waldo Emerson1803 CE — 1882 CEAmerican

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Ralph Waldo EmersonBy Stanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophyConsult source
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Ralph Waldo EmersonBy Internet Encyclopedia of PhilosophyConsult source

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