Experience (essay)

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"Experience" is an essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson. It was published in the collection Essays: Second Series in 1844. The essay is preceded by a poem of the same title.

In one passage, Emerson speaks out against the effort to over-intellectualize life – and particularly against experiments to create utopias, or ideal communities. A wise and happy life, Emerson believes, requires a different attitude. The mention of "Education Farm" is a reference to Brook Farm, a short-lived utopian community founded by former Unitarian minister George Ripley and his wife Sophia Ripley.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

Speeches|

* "The American Scholar" (1837)
* "Divinity School Address" (1838)
* "New England Reformers" (1844)

Poetry|

* "The Rhodora" (1834)
* "Concord Hymn" (1836)
* "Uriel" (1846)
* "Brahma" (1856)
* "Boston Hymn" (1863)

Essays|

* "Nature" (1836)
* "Self-Reliance" (1841)
* "Compensation" (1841)
* "The Over-Soul" (1841)
* "Circles" (1841)
* "The Poet" (1844)
* "Experience" (1844)
* "Politics" (1844)

Essay collections|

* Essays: First Series (1841)
* Essays: Second Series (1844)
* Representative Men (1850)
* The Conduct of Life (1860)

Related|

* Rev. William Emerson (father)
* Edward Waldo Emerson (son)
* Mary Moody Emerson (aunt)
* Ezra Ripley (stepfather)
* The Atlantic
* Correspondence with Carlyle
* "Letter to Martin Van Buren"
* Ralph Waldo Emerson House
* The Old Manse
* Transcendentalism
* Transcendental Club
* Concord Museum

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