EMERSON’S PHILOSOPHY OF ROMANTIC IDEALISM A psychological writer such as Ralph Waldo Emerson can be analyzed and interpreted in several different ways. A few things that may affect the way that people interpret Emerson are past experiences, time period, and social climate. Emerson has proven to be one of the most influential writers of the Romantic time period and his ideas and writings still have an active role in social views today. Emerson has …showed first 75 words of 1847 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1847 total…self caused him to become oblivious to many aspects of reality. Many of Emerson’s ideas are nearly impossible to relate to social reality. An individual must set his own set of morals and choose to modify them or learn from past experiences. Socially a person must develop themselves and grow and evolve as whole with society. Once a person can achieve a steady rate of personal growth is when they can truly be successful.