Ralph Waldo Emerson

 

Influences

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  • Johann Wolfgang Goethe Goethe as writer and scientist, and his spiritual commitment heavily influenced Emerson and his thinking. Emerson wrote of Goethe as one of his "Representative Men."
  • Immanuel Kant A proto-transcnedentalist, even though Emerson chose Plato as his "representative" philosopher, Kant was extremely influential on Emerson's thinking.

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