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  • PLACE OF BIRTH: Boston, Massachusetts
  • PLACE OF DEATH: Concord, Massachusetts
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Ralph Waldo Emerson was the leading exponent of the Transcendentalist movement (1830s-40s), championing individualism and intuition in spiritual beliefs.


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Ralph Waldo Emerson was the leading exponent of the Transcendentalist movement. Ordained as a Unitarian minister at Harvard Divinity School, Emerson served just three years before formulating his own spiritual philosophy. His idea of "ideal spirituality" was based on individualism and intuition. His essay Nature was ground-breaking and highly controversial. He lectured widely across the U.S.

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