Emerson's Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson, a prominent 19th-century essayist and poet, played a significant role in the transcendentalist movement, shaping the New Thought movement of his time. His influential works include the essay "Nature," published in 1836, and the celebrated speech "The American Scholar," deemed America's "Intellectual Declaration of Independence" by Oliver Wendell Holmes. Emerson's essays, such as "Self-Reliance," "Compensation," and "The Over-Soul," explore themes of individuality, spirituality, and the connection between humanity and nature.