The Conduct of Life

Name: The Conduct of Life
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson

by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Essays on success, power, culture, and the conduct of human life

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

The founding figure of American Transcendentalism, Emerson created a religion of self-reliance and the Over-Soul in essays of prophetic power. Nature announced the program of American Romanticism; The American Scholar declared American intellectual independence. His influence on subsequent American culture is incalculable.

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EssaysEssays on self-reliance, nature, individuality, and transcendental philosophy
NatureEssay celebrating nature as spiritual teacher and divine manifestation
The Over-SoulEssay on universal spirit transcending individual consciousness and selfhood
Collected PoemsLyric poems expressing transcendental philosophy and natural spirituality
Representative MenEssays celebrating heroic individuals and great figures of history
Self-RelianceEssay on individual autonomy, nonconformity, and moral integrity