You can choose between truth and repose, but you cannot have both at once.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882), Schriftsteller

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) war ein US-amerikanischer Essayist, Philosoph und Dichter aus Massachusetts sowie die zentrale Leitfigur des amerikanischen Transzendentalismus. Nachdem er sein unitarisches Pfarramt aufgegeben hatte, trat er in Schriften wie „Self-Reliance“ für geistige Selbstbestimmung, die göttliche Gegenwart in der Natur und das Vertrauen auf die eigene Intuition ein. Für Bibelleser ist er ein sprachmächtiger Impulsgeber zu Charakterstärke und Schöpfungswahrnehmung, dessen Schriften traditionelle kirchliche Dogmen und die exklusive Gottheit Jesu Christi jedoch entschieden ablehnten.

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