Listed In: Philosophers
Birthdate: May 25, 1803
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Died: April 27, 1882
Ralph Waldo Emerson, also known as Waldo, was a prominent American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, abolitionist, and poet who led the Transcendentalist movement in the mid-19th century. He championed individualism and critical thinking while critiquing societal pressures and conformity. Emerson’s philosophy, expressed in works like “Nature” and “Essays: First Series” and “Essays: Second Series,” focused on individuality, freedom, and the relationship between the soul and the world. His influence on American romanticism and subsequent thinkers, writers, and poets remains profound.
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