For 10 points, name this Transcendentalist writer of essays such as "Self-Reliance" and "Nature."
The phrase "Nature centers into balls" begins an essay where this writer compares men to the title geometric shapes. In addition to writing "Circles," this writer was a frequent contributor to The Dial. A speech given to the Phi Beta Kappa Society at Harvard University in 1837 advocating a break with the traditions of Europe was published as "The American Scholar." He also wrote an essay inspired by Hinduism, "The Over-Soul." For 10 points, name this Transcendentalist writer of essays such as "Self-Reliance" and "Nature."
The phrase "Nature centers into balls" begins an essay where this writer compares men to the title geometric shapes.
Ralph Waldo {Emerson}