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  • Complete WorksExpand
    • Complete WorksExpand
      • I – Nature, Addresses & LecturesExpand
        • Nature: Introduction
        • Chapter I. Nature
        • Chapter II. Commodity
        • Chapter III. Beauty
        • Chapter IV. Language
        • Chapter V. Discipline
        • Chapter VI. Idealism
        • Chapter VII. Spirit
        • Chapter VIII Books
        • Chapter VIII. Prospects
        • The American Scholar
        • Divinity School Address
        • Literary Ethics
        • The Method of Nature
        • Introductory Lecture on the Times
        • The Conservative
        • The Transcendentalist
        • The Young American
        • IX The Over-Soul
      • II – Essays IExpand
        • I History
        • II Self-Reliance
        • III Compensation
        • IV Spiritual Laws
        • V Love
        • VI Friendship
        • VII Prudence
        • VIII Heroism
        • X Circles
        • 11. Intellect
        • 12. Art
      • Vol VII – Society and Solitude (1870)Expand
        • Chapter VI Farming
        • Chapter VII Works and Days
        • Chapter VIII Books
        • Chapter IX Clubs
        • Chapter X Courage
        • Chapter XI Success
        • Chapter XII Old Age
        • Chapter I Society and Solitude
        • Chapter II Civilization
        • Chapter IV Eloquence
        • Chapter V Domestic Life
      • III – Essays IIExpand
        • I The Poet
        • II Experience
        • III Character
        • IV Manners
        • V Gifts
        • VIII Nominalist and Realist
        • IX New England Reformers
        • VII Politics
        • VI Nature
      • IV – Representative MenExpand
        • Plato; or, the Philosopher
        • Swedenborg; or, the Mystic
        • Uses of Great Men
        • Montaigne; or, the Skeptic
        • Shakspeare; or, the Poet
        • Napoleon; or, the Man of the World
        • Goethe; or, the Writer
      • IX – Poems
      • VIII – Letters and Social AimsExpand
        • Social Aims
        • Poetry and Imagination
        • Eloquence
        • Resources
        • The Comic
        • Quotation and Originality
        • Progress of Culture
        • Persian Poetry
        • Inspiration
      • XII – Natural History of the IntellectExpand
        • Art and Criticism
        • The Natural History of Intellect
        • The Celebration of Intellect
        • Country Life
        • Concord Walks
        • Boston
        • Michael Angelo
        • Milton
      • X – Lectures and Biographical SketchesExpand
        • Demonology
        • Aristocracy
        • Perpetual Forces
        • Education
        • The Superlative
        • The Sovereignty of Ethics
        • The Preacher
        • The Man of Letters
        • Plutarch
        • The Scholar
        • Life and Letters in New England
        • Ezra Ripley, D. D.
        • Chardon Street Convention
        • Mary Moody Emerson
        • Samuel Hoar
        • Henry David Thoreau (Eulogy)
        • Carlyle
        • George L. Stearns
      • XI – MiscellaniesExpand
        • I – XVExpand
          • I The Lord’s Supper
          • III Letter to President Van Buren
          • V War
          • II Historical Discourse at Concord
          • VI The Fugitive Slave Law
          • VIII The Assault Upon Mr. Sumner
          • IX Speech on Affairs in Kansas
          • X John Brown–Speech at Boston
          • XI John Brown–Speech at Salem
          • XII Theodore Parker
          • XIII American Civilization
          • XIV The Emancipation Proclamation
          • XV Abraham Lincoln
        • XV1 – XXXExpand
          • XVI Harvard Commeroration Speech
          • XVII Dedication of the Soldiers’ Monument in Concord
          • XVIII Editors’ Address
          • XX Woman
          • VII – Society and Solitude
          • XIX Address to Kossuth
          • XXI Consecration of Sleepy Hollow Cemetary
          • XXII Robert Burns
          • XXIV Humboldt
          • XXIII Shakespeare
          • XXVI Speech at Banquet in Honor of Chinese Embassy
          • XXIX Address at Opening of Concord Free Public Library
          • XXX The Fortune of the Republic
      • VI – Conduct of LifeExpand
        • I Fate
        • II Power
        • III Wealth
        • IV Culture
        • V Behavior
        • IX Illusions
        • VII Considerations by the Way
        • VIII Beauty
        • VI Worship
      • V – English TraitsExpand
        • Chapter I First Visit to England
        • Chapter II Voyage to England
        • Chapter III Land
        • Chapter IV Race
        • Chapter V Ability
        • Chapter VI Manners
        • Chapter VII Truth
        • Chapter VIII Character
        • Chapter IX Cockayne
        • Chapter X Wealth
        • Chapter XIII Religion
        • Chapter XI Aristocracy
        • Chapter XII Universities
        • Chapter XIV Literature
    • Concordance
    • Journals I – X
    • RWE Works Blog
  • BiographyExpand
    • Bibliography
    • Old Friends
    • Emerson Glossary
    • The Conscious Order
  • Time Line
  • Articles
  • ResourcesExpand
    • Concordance
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The Complete Work of Ralph Waldo Emerson - RWE.org
The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson - RWE.org
Conscious Order | The Conscious Order

The Conscious Order

ByRichard Geldard February 23, 2005

Welcome! This new section of RWE.org is offered as a testament to Ralph Waldo Emerson's genius and vision. His remarkable contribution to philosophy centers on his conviction that the ground state of the universe was consciousness rather than matter. He set forth this idea in Nature and in the important essay "The Transcendentalist." In that…

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  • Complete Works
    • Complete Works
      • I – Nature, Addresses & Lectures
        • Nature: Introduction
        • Chapter I. Nature
        • Chapter II. Commodity
        • Chapter III. Beauty
        • Chapter IV. Language
        • Chapter V. Discipline
        • Chapter VI. Idealism
        • Chapter VII. Spirit
        • Chapter VIII Books
        • Chapter VIII. Prospects
        • The American Scholar
        • Divinity School Address
        • Literary Ethics
        • The Method of Nature
        • Introductory Lecture on the Times
        • The Conservative
        • The Transcendentalist
        • The Young American
        • IX The Over-Soul
      • II – Essays I
        • I History
        • II Self-Reliance
        • III Compensation
        • IV Spiritual Laws
        • V Love
        • VI Friendship
        • VII Prudence
        • VIII Heroism
        • X Circles
        • 11. Intellect
        • 12. Art
      • Vol VII – Society and Solitude (1870)
        • Chapter VI Farming
        • Chapter VII Works and Days
        • Chapter VIII Books
        • Chapter IX Clubs
        • Chapter X Courage
        • Chapter XI Success
        • Chapter XII Old Age
        • Chapter I Society and Solitude
        • Chapter II Civilization
        • Chapter IV Eloquence
        • Chapter V Domestic Life
      • III – Essays II
        • I The Poet
        • II Experience
        • III Character
        • IV Manners
        • V Gifts
        • VIII Nominalist and Realist
        • IX New England Reformers
        • VII Politics
        • VI Nature
      • IV – Representative Men
        • Plato; or, the Philosopher
        • Swedenborg; or, the Mystic
        • Uses of Great Men
        • Montaigne; or, the Skeptic
        • Shakspeare; or, the Poet
        • Napoleon; or, the Man of the World
        • Goethe; or, the Writer
      • IX – Poems
      • VIII – Letters and Social Aims
        • Social Aims
        • Poetry and Imagination
        • Eloquence
        • Resources
        • The Comic
        • Quotation and Originality
        • Progress of Culture
        • Persian Poetry
        • Inspiration
      • XII – Natural History of the Intellect
        • Art and Criticism
        • The Natural History of Intellect
        • The Celebration of Intellect
        • Country Life
        • Concord Walks
        • Boston
        • Michael Angelo
        • Milton
      • X – Lectures and Biographical Sketches
        • Demonology
        • Aristocracy
        • Perpetual Forces
        • Education
        • The Superlative
        • The Sovereignty of Ethics
        • The Preacher
        • The Man of Letters
        • Plutarch
        • The Scholar
        • Life and Letters in New England
        • Ezra Ripley, D. D.
        • Chardon Street Convention
        • Mary Moody Emerson
        • Samuel Hoar
        • Henry David Thoreau (Eulogy)
        • Carlyle
        • George L. Stearns
      • XI – Miscellanies
        • I – XV
          • I The Lord’s Supper
          • III Letter to President Van Buren
          • V War
          • II Historical Discourse at Concord
          • VI The Fugitive Slave Law
          • VIII The Assault Upon Mr. Sumner
          • IX Speech on Affairs in Kansas
          • X John Brown–Speech at Boston
          • XI John Brown–Speech at Salem
          • XII Theodore Parker
          • XIII American Civilization
          • XIV The Emancipation Proclamation
          • XV Abraham Lincoln
        • XV1 – XXX
          • XVI Harvard Commeroration Speech
          • XVII Dedication of the Soldiers’ Monument in Concord
          • XVIII Editors’ Address
          • XX Woman
          • VII – Society and Solitude
          • XIX Address to Kossuth
          • XXI Consecration of Sleepy Hollow Cemetary
          • XXII Robert Burns
          • XXIV Humboldt
          • XXIII Shakespeare
          • XXVI Speech at Banquet in Honor of Chinese Embassy
          • XXIX Address at Opening of Concord Free Public Library
          • XXX The Fortune of the Republic
      • VI – Conduct of Life
        • I Fate
        • II Power
        • III Wealth
        • IV Culture
        • V Behavior
        • IX Illusions
        • VII Considerations by the Way
        • VIII Beauty
        • VI Worship
      • V – English Traits
        • Chapter I First Visit to England
        • Chapter II Voyage to England
        • Chapter III Land
        • Chapter IV Race
        • Chapter V Ability
        • Chapter VI Manners
        • Chapter VII Truth
        • Chapter VIII Character
        • Chapter IX Cockayne
        • Chapter X Wealth
        • Chapter XIII Religion
        • Chapter XI Aristocracy
        • Chapter XII Universities
        • Chapter XIV Literature
    • Concordance
    • Journals I – X
    • RWE Works Blog
  • Biography
    • Bibliography
    • Old Friends
    • Emerson Glossary
    • The Conscious Order
  • Time Line
  • Articles
  • Resources
    • Concordance
    • Search RWE.org
    • How To Use RWE.org
    • RWE Society Archives
    • RWE Advisor
      • Webmaster/Web Designer
      • General Advisor
  • Contact us
  • RWE Book Store