Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson was one of America’s greatest philosophers. He was part of an extraordinary spiritual renaissance in America about 100 years ago — a synthesis of Eastern and Western thought.

— From February 1983

Essays, Memoirs, and True Stories

The Over-Soul

Yes, the Ralph Waldo Emerson.

February 1983

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