the Over-Soul
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The Over-Soul is Ralph Waldo Emerson’s transcendentalist concept of a universal, divine spiritual presence that unites all individual souls.
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| instanceOf |
essay
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metaphysical concept → philosophical concept → religious concept → transcendentalist concept → |
| articulatedIn |
Emerson's essays
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Emerson's lectures → |
| associatedWith |
New England Transcendentalism
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| author |
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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| contrastedWith |
orthodox Christian theology
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| coreIdea |
all souls participate in one universal soul
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intuition is a means of access to the divine → moral insight comes from inner spiritual experience → the divine is immanent in every person → the individual self is an expression of a larger spiritual reality → |
| creator |
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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| describedIn |
essay "The Over-Soul"
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| developedIn |
19th century
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United States → |
| emphasizes |
direct relationship between individual and divine
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inner spiritual experience → self-reliance in spiritual matters → unity of all beings → |
| firstPublishedIn |
1841
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| hasNature |
divine presence
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impersonal spiritual principle → universal spiritual presence → |
| hasTheme |
immediacy of the divine
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spiritual democracy of all souls → unity of God, nature, and humanity → |
| influenced |
American philosophy
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American religious thought → New Thought movement → later spiritual individualism → |
| influencedBy |
Christian mysticism
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German idealism → Hindu philosophy → Neoplatonism → |
| languageOf |
English
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| opposes |
materialism
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strict religious dogma → |
| partOf |
Transcendentalism
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| publishedIn |
"Essays: First Series"
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| relatedTo |
American Transcendentalism
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Unitarian thought → idealism → mysticism → |
| unites |
all individual souls
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Referenced by (8)
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G. W. F. Hegel
("World Spirit")
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Ralph Waldo Emerson → |
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the Over-Soul
("essay "The Over-Soul"")
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Transcendentalism
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hasKeyConcept |
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Essays: First Series
("The Over-Soul")
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Essays: Second Series
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hasPhilosophicalTheme |
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Essays: First Series
("The Over-Soul")
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
("The Over-Soul")
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