15. The Emersonian individual can think his or her way through transcendence: this emphasis on mind & will also has deep cultural resonance
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@gtra1n Right: but there is a way in which Emerson was forerunner to Herbert Hoover & Ayn Rand, as well as the hippies. - Show replies
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26. Emerson is the all-father: the precursor of much good and ill: of Herbert Hoover, Ayn Rand, the Beats, hippies, anti-war & anti-vaxx.
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@HeerJeet and don't forget his literary legacy, through Dickinson, Melville, Whitman, Stevens, Ammons and on and on
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@HeerJeet Explains why Emerson has so little influence outside US?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet This is why Emersonian is never to be confused with Emerson or his writings and thought. Disciples are bad readers.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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