A seminal figure in American literature and philosophy, Ralph Waldo Emerson is considered the apostle of self-reliance, fully alive within his ideas and disarmingly confident about his innermost ...
In his essay “Self Reliance,” Ralph Waldo Emerson stated the following regarding the relationship between society and its individual members: “Society is a joint-stock company, in which the members ...
In “Bright Circle,” Randall Fuller shines a light on the women behind — and before — the male philosophers of 19th-century Massachusetts. By Francesca Wade The discovery of ammunition from the 1700s ...
In an 1841 essay titled “Self Reliance,” Ralph Waldo Emerson famously slammed hidebound conformists, writing, “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.” If Emerson happened to be ...
Wonder Land: College Presidents' spineless response to antisemitic protests are the culmination of academia’s plummet the past 50 years which has included grade inflation, speech codes, trigger ...
A funny thing can happen when you read Ralph Waldo Emerson while listening to Taylor Swift. I’d never associated one with the other, even when I’d crack open “Self-Reliance” and crank up “Evermore” — ...