Ralph Waldo Emerson

Transcendentalist, lecturer, author. Bio: Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Brahma

Poem(s)/ by Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Atlantic Monthly, November, 1857

If the red slayer think he slays, Or if the slain think he is slain, They know not well the subtle ways I keep, and… Read More »Brahma

Over-Soul

Article/ by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays: First Series, 1841

“But souls that of his own good life partake, He loves as his own self; dear as his eye They are to Him: He’ll never… Read More »Over-Soul

Self-Reliance

Article/ by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Essays: First Series, 1841

“Ne te quaesiveris extra.” “Man is his own star; and the soul that can Render an honest and a perfect man, Commands all light, all… Read More »Self-Reliance