Ralph Waldo Emerson: Poet Philosopher Emerson’s upbringing played a substantial role in the formation of his philosophy and thought. The son of a Unitarian minister, Emerson was trained for the pulpit, but he found the church to be far too “confining.” Emerson instead chose to proclaim his views on God, the soul, and Nature through his writing. Emerson can best be described as a “poet philosopher” rather than a “technical” one. Emerson’s philosophy …showed first 75 words of 1127 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1127 total…cited by Woodlief: “All the parts incessantly work into each other’s hands for the profit of man” and “the endless circulations of divine charity nourish man.” (4.) DeCasseres, Benjamin. “Emerson the Individualist.” (1999)<http://etext.lib. virginia.edu/etcbin/browse-mixed-new?id=DeCEmer&tag= public&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/ parsed>. (5.) Emerson, Ralph Waldo. “Self-Reliance.” Pragmatism and Classical American Philosophy. Ed. John J. Stuhr. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. 27-39. (a) pages 28-29 (b) page 30