... to study theology at the Harvard Divinity School. In 1826, he was licensed to preach. In 1829, he was ordained Unitarian pastor of the Second Church of Boston. For personal and religious reasons, Emerson grew dissatisfied with this profession and resigned his pulpit in 1832. After one year's travel in Europe, Emerson began a career as a writer and lecturer. The sources ... intellectual movements "Platonism, Neoplatonism, Puritanism, Renaissance poetry, mysticism, idealism, skepticism, and romanticism. His prose style was active, simple, and economical. His first book, Nature (1836), was r...

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