The Over-Soul

Name: The Over-Soul
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson

by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Essay on universal spirit transcending individual consciousness and selfhood

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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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