Ralph Waldo Emerson(the Father of Transcendentalism)

Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American poet whom is the father of Transcendentalism moved away from the religious and social beliefs of his contemporaries. He gave lectures that he then published in his work called "Nature". He later on became a central figure in most of his literary  and philosophy groups. He believed that God was unknown and relates to a reason for corruption in society. He felt that one needed a connection to nature.