Would he consider taking on a book about the ... And it was Emerson who turned Transcendentalist inner divinity into the secular gospel of “Self-Reliance.” “I shun father and mother and ...

This Exchange focuses on Professor Scult’s recently published book, The Radical ... in that famous address Emerson traces the core of his observations about Self Reliance, salvation, and the ...

Dubbed the "Sage of Concord," Emerson discussed his views on individualism and the divine in essays such as "Self-Reliance" and ... science, and books. Unfortunately, Emerson's father died ...

“I tell thee, thou foolish philanthropist,” Emerson wrote in “Self-Reliance,” “that I grudge ... makes a successful biography mean this book is delightful for any reader, however much ...