Self-Reliance and Nature

Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, abolitionist, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. He is today seen as a champion of individualism and a prescient critic of the countervailing pressures of society. Collected here in one convenient volume is Ralph Waldo Emerson's First Series and Second Series of essays. The collection includes both Self-Reliance and Nature. Essays - First Series History Self-Reliance Compensation Spiritual Laws Love Friendship Prudence Heroism The Over-Soul Circles Intellect Art Essays - Second Series The Poet Experience Character Manners Gifts Nature Politics Nominalist and Realist New England Reformers