"The Transcendentalist" by Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Transcendentalist

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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Quotes from The Transcendentalist

“It is better to be alone than in bad company.”
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Details

• Title: The Transcendentalist

• Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson

• Type: Speech

• Publisher: Unknown

• Publication time: January, 1842

• Link: https://emersoncentral.com/texts/nature-addresses-lectures/lectures/the-transcendentalist/

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