LearnOutLoud.com presents the Selected Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson Podcast. Born in 1803, Emerson was renowned during the mid 19th century as a philosopher, writer, public orator, naturalist, and spiritual trailblazer.

Hear some of the greatest essays ever written! This unabridged collection covers a multitude...

A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere, wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson in Love and Friendship...

Part of a larger series of essays in which Emerson examined various historical figures, "Napoleon: Man of the World" is an invaluable study of one of history's great leaders.

Using bold imagery and beautifully written language to illustrate his points, Emerson formulates a belief system where nature itself is a divine entity that we can know directly.

Emerson was a rebel in his time. His essays and lectures challenged traditional thought, and he became...

Emerson is often labelled America’s most famous philosopher. He was a vigorous thinker and a profound mystic.

LearnOutLoud.com presents The Selected Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 1. The 5 essays contained on this audio program have been hand selected and represent specifically Emerson's early career as a writer.

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In Self Reliance, Ralph Waldo Emerson formulates his philosophy of self-reliance; an essential part of which is to trust in one's present thoughts and impressions rather than those of other people or of one's past self.

To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men...

Selections from Henry David Thoreau's Walden and Civil Disobedience and Ralph Waldo Emerson's...