Ralph Waldo Emerson - Photo, Biography, Personal Life, Death, Poems, Essay

Biography

Ralph Waldo Emerson is an American preacher, philosopher, poet and writer. He became the founder of the new ideology, gave his followers a fresh sip for creativity.

Childhood and youth

Ralph was born in the family of the priest William and his spouse Ruth on May 25, 1803 in Boston. In a large family, he was one of the five surviving sons, three more children died in early childhood. When the boy was 8 years old, the father died from the gastric cancer. Further, his mother and aunt were brought up - their native sister of Pope named Mary Mudi. A close connection to her was preserved up to the death of Mary.

Studying for Ralph began in a Boston school in 1812, and 5 years later, the guy entered Harvard. To pay for their studies, he had to work as a waiter, since the family after the loss of his father was aware of.

Emerson began to deteriorate his health by 23 years old, and he went to look for a suitable climate in the south of the country. Once in St. Augustine in Florida, a young man for the first time in his biography began writing poems. There, he met Napoleon's nephalon named Achille Murat, who influenced the development and education of Ralph.

Creation

In 1829, the Boston Church invited him to serve as Pastor. However, after the death of the first wife, Ralph is disappointed in religious beliefs. In the spring of 1837, Emerson read a series of lectures on philosophy in the Masonic Temple - it was the beginning of his lecturer career. The profit was much more than he received ever, so a man decided to earn lectures on his own. Over time, Emerson traded all America, Canada and part of Europe.Embed from getty images

The first literary work was the book "On Nature", written in 1836. Despite the fact that only 500 copies came out, she became the manifesto of transcendentalism - the philosophical movement. The basis of this direction is a refund to the nature created by nature and the struggle against the artificial world created by a person.

In 1840, the philosopher took the editor of the transcendental magazine The Dial. He often helped beginner authors and published their work in the publication. After 4 years, the magazine stops working. There is a statement Horace Grills that the country has lost the most original edition in the history of The Dial.

Emerson rewritten his lectures, creating collections of essays: "Essays", "moral philosophy" and others. At the end of 1874, a collection of verses called "Parnass" appeared in his bibliography, which included the works of the poets Anna Letition Barbo, Julia Carolina Dorr, Jean Ingleu, Lucy Larkov, Jones, and some others.

Personal life

Emerson met the first wife Ellen Louise Tucker in Concord in 1827 and married her when she was 18 years old. The girl was seriously ill with tuberculosis, Ralph's mother had to take them in Boston and care for Ellen. After 2 years of family life, Emerson's wife died. Widower was killed by grief and often visited the grave of his beloved.

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Soon his personal life has improved. In the winter of 1835, Emerson wrote Lydia Jackson Letter with a proposal of his hand and hearts, she answered agree. Lydia was intellectual and behaved against slavery and for women's right.

On September 14 of the same year, a man married Lydia Jackson in her hometown Plymouth and moved to a new house in Concord, bought on the occasion of the creation of a family. The spouse gave him four children - Waldo, Ellen, Edith and Edward Waldo Emerson. Daughter Ellen was named after the first wife of the philosopher, Lydia supported this her husband's decision.

Death

Starting from 1867, Emerson's health began to worsen, he wrote much less in his diaries. In the spring of 1872, he began problems with memory, and by the end of the decade he began to forget his own name.

In 1879 it was necessary to stop public speeches. On April 21, 1882 he was diagnosed with pneumonia, which was the cause of death after 6 days after that. Emerson is buried at the cemetery Sleepy Hollow, Concord, Massachusetts.

Quotes

• "For life, take yourself a habit of doing what is afraid. If you do what you are afraid, your fear is probably died. "
• "Smoking allows you to believe that you do something when you do nothing"
• "Everyone is sincerely alone with himself; hypocrisy begins when someone else is included in the room
• "The only way to have a friend is to be them yourself"

Bibliography

• "About nature"
• "Independence"
• "Compensation"
• "Ox-soul"
• "Circles"
• "Poet"
• "An experience"
• "Politics"
• "American scientist"
• "New England reformers"