It is not considered a religion, a philosophy, or a literary theory, although it has elements of all three of those items. ... Thoreau"'s descriptions and interpretations of nature enriched all of his work; even his essays and lectures on political issues. ... The Dial was looked at as "a medium for the freest expression of thought on the questions which interest earnest minds in every community;" (Emerson: A Student's History). ... "Society and Solitude," published in 1870, marked the beginning of Emerson's decline as an essayist (Emerson: A Student's History). ... Eme...

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Ralph Waldo Emerson was a catalyst for thought and philosophy in the Nineteenth Century because he sparked the transcendentalist movement. ... Watson in her lecture titled "Emerson and Transcendentalism," Transcendentalism was a religious, philosophical, and literary movement which rejected Enlightenment empiricism and the thoughts of John Locke (Watson 17 Feb 2015). ... She argues for the greater possibilities for women by "providing examples of strong heroines and goddesses from history, literature, and mythology" (Baym 742). ...

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