“It is better to be alone than in bad company.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Transcendentalist (Primary source)
In The Transcendentalist, Emerson defines and defends the Transcendentalist movement. He characterizes its adherents as idealists who prioritize intuition and individual spiritual experience over tradition and material concerns, seeking a deeper reality beyond the senses.
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