Thought of the day: In times of uncertainty, when courage is often equated with dramatic acts or extraordinary feats, reflections from classical thinkers continue to offer enduring clarity. One such ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Emerson was born on May 25, 1803, in Boston, MA, into a religious family, with his father being a Unitarian clergyman and from a ...

Ralph Waldo Emerson was an essayist, poet, and founder of The Atlantic. He was a leading figure in the transcendentalist movement and a noted advocate of individualism and emancipation. A year into ...

Quote of the day: Fear is one of the most universal human emotions. It can protect us from danger, but it can also prevent us from taking opportunities, pursuing dreams and embracing change. In ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

To borrow Walt Whitman’s line, Ralph Waldo Emerson contained multitudes. He was, as Bruce Nichols convincingly argues in “The Emerson Circle: The Concord Radicals Who Reinvented the World,” the ...

Thoreau moves in with Ralph Waldo Emerson's family, but personal tragedy strikes both families. Ralph Waldo Emerson invites Thoreau to move in with his family, and Emerson mentors Thoreau to help him ...

Ralph Waldo Emerson was a famous American essayist, philosopher and poet who, thanks to his Transcendentalist stance, believed in the power of individualism and critical thinking, per Britannica. He ...