In one essay, this thinker described the world as a "system of concentric circles." One of his works describes "A subtle chain of countless rings" in its opening poem. This author attacked modern Christianity as restraining the spirit in his Divinity School Address. In one speech, this man called for the precepts "Know thyself" and "Study nature" to become one and the same for the title pursuer of knowledge. This man described conformity as an "aversion" to the title virtue of one work, while in another he refers to himself as a "transparent eye-ball". For 10 points, name this transcendentalist who wrote "Self-Reliance," "The American Scholar," and "Nature."
In one essay, this thinker described the world as a "system of concentric circles." One of his works describes "A subtle chain of countless rings" in its opening poem. This author attacked modern Christianity as restraining the spirit in his Divinity School Address. In one speech, this man called for the precepts "Know thyself" and "Study nature" to become one and the same for the title pursuer of knowledge. This man described conformity as an "aversion" to the title virtue of one work, while in another he refers to himself as a "transparent eye-ball". For 10 points, name this transcendentalist who wrote "Self-Reliance," "The American Scholar," and "Nature."
In one essay, this thinker described the world as a "system of concentric circles.
Ralph Waldo Emerson